Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said that the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service was the first step towards a soft border.

He, however, was quick to clarify in an interview given to a news agency in Rawalpindi that a soft border would not be the solution to Kashmir.

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Describing the peace process as ''fairly irreversible'', the Pakistan president said India's wish to see the LoC converted into a permanent border was not acceptable.

The comments come a day before General Musharraf leaves for India for talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

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