Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif Friday said Pakistan and India should come to the negotiating table and resolve the issue of Jammu and Kashmir for sustainable peace in the region.
He was speaking at a ceremony held at Pakistan Monument to observe Youm-e-Tashakur.
He said Pakistan wanted to live as a peaceful neighbor, adding it was upto India and Pakistan to become peaceful neighbors or act otherwise.
Pakistan and India fought three wars but achieved nothing, he said adding, “We should talk about Kashmir issue, trade and terrorism.”
He recounted that Pakistan had lost 90,000 people in the war against terrorism besides enduring economic losses worth $150 billion.”
He said Youm-e-Tashakur was a unique moment in the history as the nation celebrated the success of Pakistan’s armed forces against India.
This moment came after a heart breaking incident faced by Pakistan 50 years ago in 1971, he added.
The prime minister said during Marka-e-Haq, millions of Pakistanis were praying for the success of the brave officers and personnel of Pakistan Navy, Air Force, and Army so that the enemy could never cast an evil eye towards Pakistan.
He said India had unleashed baseless propaganda against Pakistan about the Pahalgam incident.
The prime minister noted that India rejected the offer made to it for an investigation at an international level about the Pahalagam incident and attacked Pakistan and martyred children, youth and mothers.
The enemy attacked inside Pakistan and in response Pakistan shot down six planes of India including MIG and Rafale jets and smashed the enemy’s desire to impose regional hegemony, he continued.
The prime minister said during the midnight of May 9 and 10, India fired missiles in different areas of Pakistan, adding after getting his approval, the Chief of Army Staff responded with an attack on the air bases and military infrastructure of India.
