Want "Permanent Peace" With India, War Not An Option: Pak PM
NDTV
India has repeatedly told Pakistan that Jammu and Kashmir shall forever remain an integral part of the country.
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that Pakistan wants to have "permanent peace" with India through dialogue as war is not an option for either of the countries to resolve the Kashmir issue, according to a media report on Saturday.
Speaking to a delegation of students from Harvard University, Mr Sharif said, also said that sustainable peace in the region was linked to the resolution of the Kashmir issue as per the UN resolutions, The News International newspaper reported.
"Pakistan resolves to maintain peace in the region, and that sustainable peace in the region was linked to the resolution of the Kashmir issue as per the UN resolutions," he said.
"We want permanent peace with India through dialogue as war is not an option for either of the countries," he was quoted as saying in the report.