“India is being persuaded by some powerful players to accept Pakistan’s offer of cooperation on the Pulwama attack,” disclosed a diplomatic source familiar with the backdoor diplomacy between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. The push for seeking a diplomatic solution to the current standoff was first initiated by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who visited both Islamabad and New Delhi within days of the Pulwama attack. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) member National Assembly Dr Ramesh Kumar, who on Saturday met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, conveyed the same message. “When Pakistan got a new Prime Minister, I had congratulated him (Imran Khan). In a televised address last Tuesday, Prime Minister Khan while strongly rejecting Indian allegations against Pakistan offered his Indian counterpart all possible assistance in investigating the Pulwama attack.

Source: The Express Tribune February 25, 2019 03:11 UTC