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Pakistan will not tolerate India's 'hegemony' in region, says Sartaj Aziz
[DAWN] Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj PrunefaceAziz  ...Adviser to Pak Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on National Security and Foreign Affairs, who believes in goodjihadis and badjihadis as a matter of national policy... said that India's attitude "that it will not have a dialogue with Pakistain" is unreasonable, and that "Pakistain will not compromise itself to establish peace with India". Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wanted to establish himself as a "hegemonic power" in the region and his entire election campaign was built around an "anti-Pakistain sentiment", Aziz said while talking to DawnNews on Sunday. He accused India of hampering the efforts Pakistain had put forth for holding a dialogue to establish peace between the two countries, saying Modi "does not want to discuss the Kashmire issue except for examining the terrorism there". Aziz said that India tried to divert the focus on problems at the Line of Control and pushed the "terrorism rhetoric" when the Hizbul Mujahideen leader Burhan Wani was murdered. He said the world has "seen the human rights ...which often include carefully measured allowances of freedomat the convenience of the state... violations by India" in the region and various reputable rights group have reported them. "We will not have a dialogue [with India] if there is no discussion on Kashmire," he asserted, saying Pakistain will never accept "India's hegemony". "Pakistain will not compromise itself to establish peace with India," the adviser maintained. Aziz hoped that once the provincial elections in India are over, "its attitude toward holding dialogue with Pakistain will change". Posted by: Fred 2017-01-16 |
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