This is an archive article published on May 16, 2025
Pak PM Shehbaz offers dialogue with India for ‘peace’
Shehbaz said he is "ready to talk" 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.
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday extended an offer of talks to India, saying the country is ready to engage “for peace”. 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.
“We are ready to talk with it (India) for peace,” he said.
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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”.