Rumours started circulating about Khan’s health and, after much back and forth on Tuesday, a medical report from the Pakistan Institute of Medical Science declared the former prime minister “fit and healthy”. Earlier this week, the former prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, expressed optimism about meeting the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, in the near future. It was during Sharif’s tenure that the former Indian prime minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, took a bus to Lahore in 1999, a move that was later sabotaged by Pervez Musharraf. The abrogation of Article 370 is the primary bone of contention between the two neighbours now. It is time for the Modi regime to come off its hawkish high horse and build bridges in the region.

Source: The Telegraph October 17, 2024 08:01 UTC