Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif writes to PM Modi, urges for meaningful ties with India


New Delhi/Islamabad, Apr 18 (IANS): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has written a letter to his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi urging for maintaining meaningful bilateral ties between the two neighbouring countries, media reports said.

Sharif's letter on Sunday comes in response to the congratulatory message sent by Modi earlier in the day in which the latter said India supported constructive ties with Pakistan.

The Pakistani Prime Minister replied to the Indian Prime Minister's letter and sought resolving of the outstanding issues between the two countries, including that of Kashmir, while stressing that Pakistan wants peaceful and friendly ties with India.

India has however, reiterated its stand that it wants strong diplomatic ties with Pakistan provided that Islamabad creates a terror-free environment and hostility for any form of engagement.

"Congratulations to H.E. Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on his election as the Prime Minister of Pakistan. India desires peace and stability in a region free of terror, so that we can focus on our development challenges and ensure the well-being and prosperity of our people," PM Modi tweeted on April 11.

The relations between India and Pakistan have further deteriorated after India in August 2019 announced the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcated the state into two union territories.

 

  

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  • geoffrey, hat hill

    Mon, Apr 18 2022

    Soon one can expect a second gatecrash at someone's b'day bash at Lahore.

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  • Vijay Benedict, Mangalore

    Mon, Apr 18 2022

    Just a matter of time, the rug is pulled off from under your feet, like you did for Imran Khan. So this xhit of ranting of 'Kashmir, Kashmir ' wont work anymore. The next dialogue India wants is only on POK. So if you want to have meaningful ties, You will have to provide a time plan on when POK will be handed over.

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  • KS Mayya, Mangalore/Bangalore

    Mon, Apr 18 2022

    perfectly fitting this aspiration of Pak PM whose own future itself is uncertain: "Begging Consciously" Begging in India was a part of the spiritual tradition. You did not select your food; you begged and ate whatever people gave you. It was considered a great privilege when a person on the spiritual path stood in front of your house and asked for food, and for you to offer food to him. Today, these traditions have been misused, and there are so many people wearing the uniform of a spiritual seeker who are just plain beggars in search of money and food. But when people begged consciously, it had a completely different meaning and possibility.

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