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High time India, Pakistan set aside hostilities: Sharif

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Pakistan was challenged in Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday. “The state has been calm for the last 20 years”.

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Meanwhile, Pakistan condemned the Pathankot attack in Punjab.


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The Congress also urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take stock of the security situation in the country to ensure terror attacks on Indian soil emanating from Pakistan do not recur.


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“Yet by taking this bold step, the Indian and Pakistani prime ministers may have delivered much-needed good news to their countries and the world”, Fontaine said.

It would include matters related to peace and security, Jammu and Kashmir, Siachen, Sir Creek, Wullar Barrage, Tulbul Navigation Project, economic and commercial cooperation, counter-terrorism, narcotics control and humanitarian issues, people to people exchanges and religious tourism. It is a brazen attempt to destabilise the (India-Pakistan) border.

But New Delhi rejected the move and, after a series of flip-flops, the curtains came down on proposed talks, a day before the then National Security Adviser Sartaj Aziz was due to land in New Delhi – with bitter accusations and acrimony marking the exchanges.

On the occasion, the Prime Minister lauded PAF’s role in ongoing operation in North Waziristan tribal region. “Why is Punjab suddenly becoming a hotbed of such activities”, Surjewala said.

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“It is PM Modi who used to say he will show red eyes to Pakistan and then talk to them”. The whole nation stands united to fight terror. He said the dialogue process is challenging as it involves hard decisions and important issues.

Modi, his team travelled to Pakistan with a valid visa, immigration process was followed, claims Sartaj Aziz