Pakistan seeks discussion on Kashmir & water, India's focus is on uprooting terrorism

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had connected Wednesday said that immoderate aboriginal dialog with India volition absorption connected 4 cardinal issues including Kashmir, water, trade, and terrorism, according to a study by Dawn News. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Thursday ruled retired anticipation of immoderate specified discussions.

PM Modi, portion speaking successful Rajasthan connected Thursday, said, "There volition beryllium nary commercialized oregon talks with Pakistan." "For each violent attack, Pakistan volition person to wage a precocious cost. And this outgo volition beryllium paid by the country’s service and their economy," helium added.

A time ago, speaking to a radical of elder journalists and TV anchors, PM Sharif noted that the 4 areas would signifier the ground of immoderate imaginable engagement with India. The remarks travel aft India and Pakistan reached an knowing connected May 10 to extremity the struggle aft 4 days of aggravated cross-border drone and rocket strikes.

India carried retired precision strikes nether Operation Sindoor connected panic infrastructure aboriginal connected May 7 successful effect to the April 22 Pahalgam panic onslaught that killed 26 people.

While focusing connected discussions astir water, PM Modi said, "Pakistan volition not beryllium fixed the h2o which is rightfully India’s."

The treatment connected h2o whitethorn see talks connected the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) that has been kept nether abeyance by India pursuing the Pahalgam attack. The IWT was concluded by India with Pakistan successful a tone of goodwill and relationship successful 1960.

Not China, but Pakistan looks for a 'third country' for talks with India
Prime Minister Sharif suggested that Saudi Arabia could service arsenic a neutral venue for aboriginal talks with India, ruling retired China arsenic a imaginable host.

Responding to a question astir the anticipation of a third-country venue, peculiarly successful airy of earlier mediation offers specified arsenic that from US President Donald Trump, Sharif said China was not a viable enactment arsenic India would entity to that, reported Dawn. However, helium expressed optimism that Saudi Arabia could beryllium a mutually agreeable determination for negotiations.

On decisions to beforehand Asim Munir
Pakistan PM said that it was his determination to beforehand Army main Gen Asim Munir to the fertile of tract marshal for his relation successful the caller struggle with India, reported PTI.

The determination to beforehand Gen Munir was taken astatine a furniture gathering chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz connected Tuesday.

Munir is the archetypal service wide since General Ayub Khan to beryllium elevated to the highest subject fertile successful Pakistan. General Khan was conferred the fertile of Field Marshal successful 1959.