Imran Khan criticised by Oppn for offering to hold talks with India: report

Khan had written the letter in response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's letter to him on August 18 in which the Indian chief had conveyed commitment to pursue 'meaningful' and 'optimistic' engagement with Pakistan and emphasising the need to paintings for a terror-unfastened South Asia. Pakistan Senate's former chairman Mian Raza Rabbani of Pakistan Peoples Party said that Khan's provide for talks to India became incomprehensible given the scenario in Kashmir. He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's letter to Khan turned into ceremonial in nature, but an offer of debate was made within the letter written in response to it. He additionally objected to the language used in Khan's letter that Pakistan was 'prepared to talk about terrorism'. Senator Abdul Ghafoor Haidri of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl questioned as to how a unmarried character could offer dialogue to India. He criticised Khan for writing a letter to his Indian counterpart with out taking parliament into self assurance. He suggested Khan to tread cautiously, saying that the high minister become taking selections in haste which lacked vision. Responding on behalf of government, Pakistan information minister Fawad Chaudhry explained that Khan's letter to PM Modi changed into in response to a verbal exchange he received from him. He stated Pakistan desired to discover a strategy to all bilateral disputes with India, such as the center problem of Jammu and Kashmir. 'The nations had been fighting for seventy years and we are able to continue to fight for every other seventy years if India wants,' he remarked and warned that a nuclear warfare — if it broke out — would imply devastation in the subcontinent. Faisal Javed of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf regretted that efforts had been being made for factor-scoring at the troubles which required a complete harmony in the ranks of the political elegance. 'We need to assignment Pakistan's narrative,' he confused. Dailyhunt https://forums.ubi.com/member.php/3282131-shailajreddys