Pakistan Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday said his country is ready to hold a composite dialogue with India over all outstanding issues, including Kashmir, but “it will not beg for talks.”
“Pakistan is ready for a composite dialogue with India in a dignified and respectful manner on all outstanding issues, including the Jammu and Kashmir dispute, as per its longstanding position on the matter,” news agency PTI quoted Dar as saying.
India has already stated that it would engage in talks with Pakistan only on Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir and terrorism.
A few days ago, India has communicated details about possible flooding in Pakistan, officials said .
The Indian High Commission in Islamabad conveyed the information to the Pakistani Foreign Ministry, stressing that the communication was made entirely on humanitarian grounds.
The warning comes as Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz in Pakistan ordered the evacuation of people from riverine and low-lying areas on Monday ahead of heavy rains and flood predictions, Dawn reported.
UN News reported that the severe weather is forecast to continue into early September, thereby raising the risk of further flooding, landslides and crop losses, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Pakistan has seen monsoon season bring in widespread destruction in recent years. In 2022, unprecedented floods killed more than 1,700 people, displaced millions, and caused an estimated USD 40 billion in economic losses.
