'Good Relations With India Can't Be Achieved Without...': New Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif
Pakistan New PM: The relation between India and Pakistan has been at its lowest point after New Delhi announced withdrawal of the special powers of Jammu and Kashmir.
New Delhi: Pakistan's newly elected Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said he wanted good relations with India but it cannot be achieved without resolution of the Kashmir issue, PTI reported.
Addressing Parliament after his election as the country's 23rd Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif said, "We want good ties with India but durable peace is not possible until the Kashmir dispute is resolved."
He attacked Imran Khan for not making "serious and diplomatic efforts" when India abrogated the Article 370 in August 2019.
Shehbaz Sharif also asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to come forward to address the Kashmir issue so that the two countries could concentrate on tackling poverty, unemployment, shortage of medicines and other issues on the two sides of the border.
"I'll advise PM Modi to understand that there is poverty on both sides. I call upon Modi to come and resolve the Jammu and Kashmir issue and then let's fight poverty together," he said.
The relation between India and Pakistan has been at its lowest point after New Delhi announced withdrawal of the special powers of Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcation of the state into two union territories in August 2019.
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India has repeatedly told Pakistan that Jammu and Kashmir "was, is and shall forever" remain an integral part of the country. India has told Pakistan that it desires normal relations with Pakistan in an environment free of terror, hostility and violence.
Shehbaz Sharif, brother of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, secured 174 votes -- two more than the simple majority of 172, Geo News reported.
In Parliament, Shehbaz Sharif said ousted premier Imran Khan's 'foreign conspiracy' claims were nothing but "drama".
"Pakistan's National Security Committee will be briefed on a controversial letter related to the so-called foreign conspiracy. I will resign and go home if conspiracy is proved in letter controversy," PTI quoted Sharif as saying.
Imran Khan had alleged that the US was involved in a conspiracy to topple his government.
"Today, the almighty has saved Pakistan and the 22 crore people of the country. This is the first time when the vote of no-confidence motion was successfully passed. The people of this country will celebrate this day," Shehbaz Sharif said in his first address to Parliament.
Before the election, PTI members walked out of the National Assembly after their PM candidate, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, announced a boycott of the polling process. Imran Khan also resigned as a member of the National Assembly, saying he would not sit with "thieves".
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