Islamabad: Accusing India of adopting an intransigent policy towards Pakistan, the
newly elected Pakistan Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has said New Delhi
should review its policy to avoid talks with Islamabad as it was "not at all good"
for the region.
"Apart from Indian attitude at government to government level, what I understand,
India is not even ready to talk to Pakistan," he told reporters in Islamabad while
inaugurating an exhibition on December 15.
Stating that he hoped India would resume dialogue after installation of his
government, which formally ended the military rule, he said, "whatever reservation,
if there was any, India had about military government, was no more there and we were
expecting that with elected government in place in Pakistan, India would show
flexibility and initiate dialogue".
"My government and people of Pakistan were not expecting this Indian attitude and
this would not be at all good for the region," Jamali said.
India has to re-think and review its stance about initiating a dialogue with
Pakistan, he said adding Indian intransigence could not be tolerated for long.
India continuously shunned Pakistan's request for dialogue to resolve all outstanding
issues. "So many times Pakistan has offered India to sit across the table, talk and
discuss all outstanding issues with us," he alleged.
PTI