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Pakistan
Prime
Minister
Shehbaz
Sharif
said
that
Pakistan
has
learned
its
lesson
after
three
wars
with
India
and
stressed
that
now
it
wants
peace
with
its
neighbour.
Islamabad,
Jan
17:
A
beleaguered
Pakistan,
which
is
on
the
brink
of
a
Sri
Lanka-type
economic
collapse
with
a
spectre
of
civil
war
lurking
from
behind,
is
now
desperate
to
India
back
to
the
talk
table.
In
a
recent
interview
with
Dubai-based
Al
Arabiya
TV,
Prime
Minister
Shehbaz
Sharif
said
that
Pakistan
has
learned
its
lesson
after
three
wars
with
India
and
stressed
that
now
it
wants
peace
with
its
neighbour.
He
called
for
a
“critical
and
honest
talk”
with
his
PM
Narendra
Modi
on
“burning
points
like
Kashmir”.
“My
message
to
the
Indian
leadership
and
Prime
Minister
Modi
is
that
let’s
sit
down
on
the
table
and
have
serious
and
sincere
talks
to
resolve
our
burning
points
like
Kashmir.
It
is
up
to
us
to
live
peacefully
and
make
progress
or
quarrel
with
each
other
and
waste
time
and
resources,”
Sharif
said.
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and
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urges
Pakistan
to
act
against
coerced
actions
“We
have
had
three
wars
with
India,
and
they
have
only
brought
more
misery,
poverty,
and
unemployment
to
the
people.”
“We
have
learnt
our
lesson,
and
we
want
to
live
in
peace
with
India,
provided
we
are
able
to
resolve
our
genuine
problems,”
Sharif
said
in
the
interview
that
was
aired
on
Monday.
Pakistan,
is
hit
by
a
severe
economic
crisis,
public
discontent
against
the
ruling
regime
due
to
flour
crisis
and
fuel
shortage
among
others
is
also
faced
with
rising
instances
of
terror
attacks
by
the
proscribed
outfit
Tehreek-e-Taliban
Pakistan
(TTP),
which
had
ended
a
ceasefire
with
the
country’s
security
forces
late
last
year.
“India
is
our
neighbour
country,
we
are
neighbours.
Let’s
be
very
blunt,
even
if
we
are
not
neighbours
by
choice
we
are
there
for
ever
and
it
is
up
to
us
for
us
to
live
peacefully
and
progress
or
quarrel
with
each
other
and
waste
time
and
resources.
That
is
up
to
us,”
Sharif
said
in
the
interview
to
Al
Arabiya.
How
PM
Modi’s
old
clip
is
being
used
as
a
weapon
by
Imran
Khan’s
PTI
to
target
Pakistan
govt
Sharif
also
brought
up
the
subject
of
Kashmir
and
said
“Pakistan
wants
peace
but
what
is
happening
in
Kashmir
should
be
stopped.”
“Pakistan
does
not
want
to
waste
resources
on
bombs
and
ammunition.
We
are
nuclear
powers,
armed
to
the
teeth,
and
if
God
forbids,
a
war
breaks
out,
who
will
live
to
tell
what
happened?”
he
said.
Story first published: Tuesday, January 17, 2023, 12:07 [IST]