LONDON : Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday declared that sustainable peace and bilateral relations between Pakistan and India are impossible without a resolution to the Kashmir dispute.Speaking at an Overseas Pakistanis Convention here, the prime minister criticised New Delhi’s approach and urged India to adopt the behaviour of a cooperative neighbour rather than a combative one.
“If anyone believes that Pakistan-India relations can be established without addressing the Kashmir issue, they are living in a fool’s paradise.”
Prime Minister Shehbaz emphasized that Pakistan seeks dialogue with India on the basis of equality, noting that the two nations have spent billions of dollars on wars that could have been invested in public welfare and development.“Pakistan and India are neighbours — we must learn to live together. But let me be clear: there can be no normalisation of ties without resolving Kashmir. The blood of the Kashmiri people will not go in vain,” he added.