Nawaz Sharif urges India and Pakistan to move forward as good neighbors, following Indian Foreign Minister Jaishankar’s visit to Islamabad. He emphasizes the importance of resuming dialogue and trade ties,

Hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surprise trip to Lahore in December 2015, Sharif said he was not happy with the ”long-pause” in the ties between the two countries and hoped that both sides should look ahead with a positive approach.

He said former Pakistan PM “Imran Khan used words that destroyed the relationship. As leaders of two countries and neighbours, we should not even think let alone utter such words.

Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif described EAM S Jaishankar’s recent visit to Islamabad as a ‘good beginning’ and ‘good opening’ for India-Pakistan ties and said that both the countries ‘should move fo

India and Pakistan should "bury" the past and look at the future to live like good neighbours, former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Thursday, in remarks seen as an attempt to reach out to New Delhi following Indian foreign minister S Jaishankar's trip to Islamabad this week.

Nawaz Sharif, the former prime minister of Pakistan, said he was not pleased by the ‘long pause’ in the relationship between the two countries.

Islamabad and New Delhi should put the past behind them and “live like good neighbours”, said former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday, reported India Today. His remarks came a day after External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar attended the head-of-state summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in Islamabad.

Former Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif hoped that with Jaishankar's visit to Islamabad, both India and Pakistan could put the past behind and tackle future problems like energy and climate change,