India’s expansionist designs main hurdle in resolving issues: Pakistan PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi

Talking about Pakistan’s relations with other countries, he said, “Pakistan desires positive and constructive relations with all the countries of the world, especially with its neighbours on the basis of sovereign equality.” He said the people of South Asia have suffered enormously in the last fifty years due to the festering conflicts and said that until those conflicts are resolved amicably, the region will not be able to achieve prosperity and progress.

About Jinnah’s vision for Pakistan as a “modern democratic entity”, he said the recent transition of power in the country “was quintessential of the accelerated strengthening of democratic values”.

“We may belong to different tribes, fraternities and ethnicities; we may be working in different spheres of national life; our political vision and thinking can be different and our economic vision may have different perspectives but ascendency of national interests and invincible defence are common objectives of the entire nation, for which we have to make collective endeavours,” he said.

He said the younger generation of Pakistan is endowed with exceptional talent and has a burning desire for advancement and it has made various contributions in the fields of Information Technology, Engineering, Medical and Management all over the world. “I assure the Pakistani youth that tomorrow’s Pakistan will ensure the implementation of guiding principles of rule of law and ascendency of merit,” he said.