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Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar connected Wednesday (June 4, 2025) said that the accidental of revival of an equipped struggle betwixt Pakistan and India is distant but warned of a befitting effect successful lawsuit of immoderate specified development.
Mr. Dar's remark came portion responding to a question during his property league giving details of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's caller sojourn to Turkiye, Iran, Azerbaijan and Tajikistan and to convey the respective enactment for enactment during the past month's struggle with India pursuing the April 22 Pahalgam panic attack that killed 26 people.
When asked astir a imaginable caller circular of fighting, Mr. Dar said that helium could not foretell the future, but the chances of immoderate specified anticipation are slim.
“The ceasefire is holding and each steps regarding withdrawal of troops person been implemented by the 2 sides successful missive and spirit. So determination is nary accidental (of caller war) successful my opinion,” helium said. “However, we volition springiness a befitting reply if India resorts to equipped conflict.”
He said Pakistan was acceptable for dialog with India, but not hopeless for it, adding that Pakistan seeks a composite dialog that includes coercion arsenic good arsenic different issues, including Indus Waters Treaty (IWT).
He besides claimed the IWT cannot beryllium suspended. Soon aft the April 22 Pahalgam panic attack, India announced abeyance of the IWT among different punitive measures.
The IWT was signed successful 1960 by the 2 countries to code the h2o quality betwixt them and to stock the waters of the six main rivers of the Indus basin.
The Minister reiterated the connection for a neutral probe into the Pahalgam incident, which led to the caller escalation betwixt Pakistan and India.
Mr. Dar, who is besides the Deputy Prime Minister, claimed that portion Pakistan's kinetic enactment has been appreciated, its diplomatic efforts person besides earned planetary recognition.
The Minister besides appreciated the relation played by the U.S., U.K., Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Iran and different countries during the struggle and bringing peace.
Mr. Dar announced that Prime Minister Sharif was acceptable to sojourn Saudi Arabia during the adjacent 24 hours to convey its enactment for its affirmative relation during hostilities with India.
Speaking astir Mr. Sharif's caller four-nation tour, Mr. Dar said the Prime Minister undertook a sojourn to Turkiye, Iran, Azerbaijan and Tajikistan to explicit Pakistan's gratitude for the solidarity expressed by these countries during the struggle with India.
He besides praised the diplomatic outreach led by erstwhile Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, which, helium said, “has garnered planetary acclaim for its clarity.”
Tensions betwixt India and Pakistan escalated aft the Pahalgam panic attack, with India carrying retired precision strikes connected panic infrastructure successful Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir successful the aboriginal hours of May 7.
Pakistan attempted to onslaught Indian subject bases connected May 8, 9, and 10. The Indian broadside powerfully responded to the Pakistani attempts by inflicting dense harm to a fig of cardinal Pakistani subject installations, including aerial bases, aerial defence systems, bid and power centres and radar sites.
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri connected May 10 announced that India and Pakistan reached an knowing to halt each firings and subject actions connected land, aerial and sea, with contiguous effect.
Starting May 22, India tasked 7 multi-party delegations to sojourn 33 planetary capitals to scope retired to the planetary assemblage connected Pakistan’s designs and India’s effect to panic aft the Pahalgam panic attack.
Pakistan excessively announced past period to nonstop a squad of experts to overseas capitals to pass the satellite astir the four-day struggle with India and besides item its constituent of presumption regarding the conflict.
Published - June 04, 2025 05:43 p.m. IST
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