National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah today said Pakistan is one of the parties to the problems in Jammu and Kashmir, and that India should talk to Islamabad too. Speaking exclusively to India Today shortly after his appointment, Dineshwar Sharma said he will hold talks with the Hurriyat too. I will start dialogues as soon as possible," he said. Dineshwar Sharma, a 1976 batch Kerala cadre IPS officer who retired as IB director on December 31, 2016, said he would visit Jammu and Kashmir in a "week or 10 days" to hold dialogues with the stakeholders. (With inputs from ANI)

Source: India Today October 23, 2017 14:44 UTC