Shahbaz asks India to live as 'peaceful neighbour'

Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Friday said Pakistan won the war but sought peace and invited India to live as a “peaceful neighbour,” as the country celebrated Operation Bunyan-um Marsoos’s success with a ceremony.

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Shahbaz, who has warned that Pakistan's armed forces are ready to counter any Indian aggression, called on Friday evening for diplomatic solutions.

He went on to say that the conflict solved nothing, only bringing more poverty, unemployment and other problems to both sides. “The lesson is that we have to sit down at the table like peaceful neighbours and settle our outstanding issues, including Jammu and Kashmir. Without resolving these issues, I don’t think we will have peace in this part of the world on a long-term basis.

“If we want permanent peace then we need permanent solutions of Jammu and Kashmir and water distribution. Then once we resolve these issues, the sky's the limit. We can talk of trade, exchange of business communities and cooperate in the field of counter-terrorism,” the prime minister emphasised.