Pakistan PM Shehbaz offers dialogue with India for 'peace'
The Hindu
Pakistan's Prime Minister offers peace talks to India amid recent military confrontation, emphasizing Kashmir issue.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday (May 15, 2025) extended an offer of talks to India, saying Pakistan is ready to engage "for peace".
Mr. Shehbaz made the comments during a visit to the Kamra air base in the country's Punjab province where he interacted with officers and soldiers involved in the recent military confrontation with India.
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"We are ready to talk with it (India) for peace,” he said.
The Prime Minister added that the "conditions for peace" include the Kashmir issue.
India has maintained that the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union Territory of Ladakh "are and always will be integral and inalienable parts of it".
Mr. Shehbaz was accompanied to the airbase by Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, Army Chief General Asim Munir, Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu.
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