New Delhi: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif openly admitted that his country’s war with India dealt a serious blow to its well-being.
Shehbaz Sharif, in an interview with Al Arabiya TV said that Pakistan learnt its lesson from three wars with India and stressed that it wants peace, India Today reported.
Although he sounded reconciliatory in his appeal to Prime Minister Modi for peace, Shehbaz Sharif brought up Kashmir issue in the interview.
While calling for peace he said what is happening in Kashmir should be stopped, raising “human right violations”.
Stressing for peace he said both countries should utilize their engineers, doctors and skilled labourers for prosperity so that both nations can grow.
"It is up to us to live peacefully and make progress, or quarrel with each other and waste time and resources. 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, provided we are able to resolve our genuine problems," he reportedly said.
In his message to PM Modi, Sharif said Pakistan did not want to waste resources on bombs and ammunition.
"We are nuclear powers, armed to the teeth, and if God forbid a war breaks out, who will live to tell what happened?" he reportedly said.