"If India takes 1 step, Pakistan will take 2," says Imran Khan on ties

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Jul 26, 2018 : Cricketer-politician Imran Khan, whose party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf or PTI has emerged as the single largest party, said he wants good relations with India. "I really want to fix our ties, you take one step we will take two," he said in a presidential-style address to the nation this evening even before the results of yesterday’s elections were declared.

 

"I have widely travelled in India because of cricket and I want good relations with India," said the 65-year-old former captain of Pakistan cricket team. He was a "little disappointed the way Indian media has portrayed me like a Bollywood villain... as though all will be bad if I come to power,"  Mr Khan said in a half-hour address, as his rivals made raucous allegations of rigging and his winning only through the backing of the army.

The PTI has won 76 of the 272 seats in Pakistan’s national assembly and is leading in 43. Mr Khan’s closest rival, jailed former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz or PML-N has won 43 seats and is leading in 20. A party needs 137 seats for a majority

Underscoring that the number one priority of any government should be trade ties with India,’ Mr Khan said good India-Pakistan ties is important for all.

"The biggest dispute between us is about Kashmir. The way there have been human rights violations, that needs to end," he said, adding that the blame game between the two nations cannot continue.


courtesy:NDTV