Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has advised Shehbaz Sharif, his younger brother and current Prime Minister of Pakistan, that the government should use all diplomatic means to restore peace with India and avoid aggression, according to a report
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Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has advised current PM Shehbaz Sharif to avoid aggressive moves and resolve the current India-Pakistan face-off diplomatically, according to a report.
Following the Pahalgam attack in which Pakistan-backed terrorists killed 26 people, India is bound to respond militarily and Pakistan has vowed to respond to any attack with equal force, raising fears of the two countries spiralling into a war.
Amid such fears, Nawaz has told Shehbaz that the government should utilise all available diplomatic resources to restore peace with India and should avoid taking an aggressive position, according to Express Tribune.
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Nawaz is Shehbaz’s older brother and has previously been Pakistan’s prime minister thrice (1990–93, 1997–99, and 2013–17). He is the chief of their family-run party Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).
Sources in the PML-N told the Tribune that Shehbaz briefed Nawaz at their family residence Lahore and said that the Pahalgam attack was a false-flag operation by India. He is also said to have told Nawaz that the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty had raised the risk of war in the region.
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