We have learned our lesson in three wars - Pakistan PM message to PM Modi for talks

We have three wars with India and it 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," Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif told Dubai-based Al-Arabiya TV.

Stating that, the three wars with India have brought more misery, poverty and unemployment to the people, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has insisted India and Pakistan should sit at a table and resolve the Kashmir issue.

"India and Pakistan were neighbours and they have to live with each other. It is up to us to live peacefully and make progress or quarrel with each other and waste time and resources. We have three wars with India and it 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 told Al-Arabiya TV.

“My message to the Indian leadership and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is that let us sit down at the table and have serious and sincere talks to resolve our burning issues like Kashmir," Sharif told a news channel in a recent interview.

Even after Pak sponsoring cross-border terrorism in India, he accused India of human rights violations and persecution of minorities in Jammu and Kashmir, Sharif said “this must stop so that message can go around the globe that India is ready to have talks.”

“We are nuclear powers, armed to the teeth and if God forbid a war breaks out who will live to tell what happened,” he added.

In a message to his counterpart PM Narendra Modi, the Pak PM said, “We want to alleviate poverty, achieve prosperity and provide education and health facilities and employment to our people and not waste our resources on bombs and ammunition, that is the message I want to give to Prime Minister Modi."