NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs on Thursday responded to former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif‘s admission that Islamabad “violated” 1999 Lahore Declaration signed between the two countries.
During its weekly press briefing, ministry of external affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, “You are aware of our position on the issue. It is true that even in Pakistan now a perspective based on reality is coming to the fore.”
India’s comment came a day after Nawaz Sharif said that Pakistan “violated” the agreement signed between him and his Indian counterpart Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 1999 which was followed by the Kargil war.
“On May 28, 1998, Pakistan carried out five nuclear tests. After that Vajpayee Saheb came here and made an agreement with us. But we violated that agreement…it was our fault,” Sharif said.
Following a historic summit held in New Delhi on February 21, 1999, Sharif and Vajpayee signed the Lahore Declaration. A few months after the agreement, which described a vision of peace and stability between the two nations, Pakistani intrusion in the Kargil district of Jammu and Kashmir resulted in the Kargil War.
“President Bill Clinton had offered Pakistan USD 5 billion to stop it from carrying out nuclear tests but I refused. Had (former prime minister) Imran Khan like a person been on my seat he would have accepted Clinton’s offer,” Sharif said on a day Pakistan marked 26th year of its first nuclear tests.
The 74-year-old further said how Saqib Nisar, Pakistan’s then-chief justice, had falsely accused him of being the prime minister in 2017 and consequently dismissed him from office. He said that while the allegations against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder leader Imran Khan were genuine, all the ones against him were untrue.
Three-time PM Nawaz Sharif was re-elected as the president of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party on Tuesday, six years after losing the post following a Supreme Court ruling in the Panama Papers case.
During its weekly press briefing, ministry of external affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, “You are aware of our position on the issue. It is true that even in Pakistan now a perspective based on reality is coming to the fore.”
India’s comment came a day after Nawaz Sharif said that Pakistan “violated” the agreement signed between him and his Indian counterpart Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 1999 which was followed by the Kargil war.
“On May 28, 1998, Pakistan carried out five nuclear tests. After that Vajpayee Saheb came here and made an agreement with us. But we violated that agreement…it was our fault,” Sharif said.
Following a historic summit held in New Delhi on February 21, 1999, Sharif and Vajpayee signed the Lahore Declaration. A few months after the agreement, which described a vision of peace and stability between the two nations, Pakistani intrusion in the Kargil district of Jammu and Kashmir resulted in the Kargil War.
“President Bill Clinton had offered Pakistan USD 5 billion to stop it from carrying out nuclear tests but I refused. Had (former prime minister) Imran Khan like a person been on my seat he would have accepted Clinton’s offer,” Sharif said on a day Pakistan marked 26th year of its first nuclear tests.
The 74-year-old further said how Saqib Nisar, Pakistan’s then-chief justice, had falsely accused him of being the prime minister in 2017 and consequently dismissed him from office. He said that while the allegations against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder leader Imran Khan were genuine, all the ones against him were untrue.
Three-time PM Nawaz Sharif was re-elected as the president of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party on Tuesday, six years after losing the post following a Supreme Court ruling in the Panama Papers case.