Ousted High minister Imran Khan said on Monday that he wants a good relationship between Pakistan and India but claimed that there’s” no chance” of this passing while the nationalist BJP remains in power.In an interview with British review’ The Telegraph‘ on Monday, 70- time-old Khan exfoliate light on the profitable benefits that could be achieved if the two neighbours establish trade with each other.
The benefits would be enormous,” Khan said, but also contended that the Kashmir issue was the main manacle.I suppose it’s possible but the BJP government is so strict, they’ve a nationalistic station on issues,” he said.
It’s frustrating as you have no chance( for a resolution) as they whip up these nationalistic passions. And, once this genie of nationalism is out of the bottle it’s veritably delicate to put it back by again,” the paper quoted the former premier as saying.All we know is that they should have a roadmap for the result of Kashmir( issue),” he added.
India has constantly told Pakistan that it desires normal neighbourly relations with Islamabad in an terrain free of terror, hostility and violenceKhan said that Pakistan had to cool off its relationship with India when the special status of Jammu and Kashmir was disannulled in 2019.
Relations between India and Pakistan have been strained over the Kashmir issue andcross-border terrorism expiringfrom Pakistan.
Bilateral ties nose- dived after India disannulled Composition 370 of the Constitution, repealing the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcating the state into two Union homes on August 5, 2019.Following India’s decision, Pakistan downgraded politic ties with New Delhi and expelled the Indian envoy. Trade ties between Pakistan and India have largely been firmed since also.
Khan, who’s leading a long march to Islamabad to press for his demands for early choices, said that he’d seek to establish good relations with all the neighbours of Pakistan including Afghanistan, Iran, China, and the US if he’s tagged as the premier again. We really need a relationship with both countries. What I don’t want is another Cold War situation when we’re in blocks like in the last Cold War we were confederated with the United States, ” he said.
The total of Central Asia, Afghanistan, came out of our route,” Khan stated, adding that his main concern for Pakistan was how to lift 120 million people out of poverty.The stylish way to do that’s if we can have a relationship with everyone, to trade with everyone, so we can help our population, ” he added.