Daily Times

ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Fawad Hussain Chaudhry has expressed his concern over India’s U-turn and said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government wanted peace and stability in the region.

The information minister said that talks were the only way to resolve all the outstanding issues between India and Pakistan.

Responding to Indian U-turn from decided meeting of India, Pakistan foreign ministers in New York in the sidelines of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Fawad Chaudhry said that Prime Minister Imran Khan had already mentioned if India take one step ahead, Pakistan would take tow step forward.

He said that Pakistan desired peace in the region because millions of people both in India and Pakistan were living below the poverty line. Pakistan wanted better facilities for people and region through strong bilateral ties between the two countries.

Earlier, Indian government has called off the meeting of foreign ministers of Pakistan and India, which was scheduled in New York on the side lines of United Nation General Assembly (UNGA) later this month.

The spokesperson of Indian ministry of external affair Raveesh Kumar confirmed that India has canceled the meeting between Shah Mehmood Qureshi and his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj and will not go forward in this regard.

Earlier, Prime Minister Imran Khan wrote a letter to his Indian counterpart and invited him to restart the dialogue between the two countries. The letter is believed to have been written in response to the Indian primer’s letter congratulating him for assuming office.

According to the media reports, PM Modi is his latter written on August 20 had called for a “meaning full and constructive” engagement between the two countries.

Dr Faisal in his tweet said “PM has responded to PM Modi in a positive spirit, reciprocating his sentiments. Let’s talk and resolve all issues. We await formal response from India.”