Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Jan 17: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif wants an ‘honest talk’ with Indian PM Narendra Modi on ‘burning points like Kashmir’.
In an interview with Dubai-based Arabic news television channel Al Arabiya, he stated that he wants to sit down with Indian management and PM Modi to have critical and honest talks. He wants progress over the Kashmir issue without any quarrel and wastage of time and assets.
Further, Sharif said that the three wars with India have “solely introduced extra distress, poverty and unemployment to the individuals.”
The Pakistan Muslim League (N) leader further said that both countries are nuclear powers and are well-armed.
In an interview with Al Arabiya, an international Arabic news channel, the Pakistan PM said, “My message to the Indian management and PM Modi is that allows us to sit down on the desk and have critical and honest talks to resolve our burning points like Kashmir. It’s as much as us to stay peacefully and make progress or quarrel with one another, and waste time and assets.”
“We now have three wars with India and it solely introduced extra distress, poverty and unemployment to the individuals. We now have learnt our lesson and we wish to stay in peace, but for that we should be capable of resolving our real issues,” he added.
Sharif further said that both the countries are nuclear powers and are well armed, “God forbids, if warfare breaks out, who will stay to tell what had happened”.
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Sharif’s comment came at a time when Pakistan has been hit hard with increased terror-related incidents, a reduced economy and deepening political instability. His statement comes at a time when the leading English daily in Pakistan has pointed out that while their country is sliding deeper into an economic crisis and Sharif is begging the world for financial crumbs, India is progressing day by day.
