BAKU, Azerbaijan: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Saturday that Kashmir was main cause of unrest in the region and India must show seriousness for resolution of the issue and honour its commitment under United Nations Security Council Resolutions.
While having an informal chat with the media men in Baku, the prime minster said that Pakistan was committed to peaceful resolution of the Kashmir issue as it was a peace-loving country.
The prime minister regretted Indian baseless allegations over Uri incident, saying within six hours of the Uri incident, India levelled allegations against Pakistan. He reiterated that no infiltration took place on Line of Control (LoC).
Sharif said that Pakistan offered holding of dialogue on the outstanding issues on several times but India did not reciprocate, adding if India was serious in resolving the issue, then Pakistan would talk to it.
The prime minister further said that his government had introduced a new culture of political tolerance in the country as they respected mandate of every party.
“The PPP formed government in Sindh and we respected it. Similarly we have respected MQM as an opposition party. Even unethical language is used in KPK where we also respected the public mandate,” he added.
Nawaz Sharif vowed to take the country to path of progress and prosperity, despite certain elements’ plans to shut the country.
