WorldREUTERS Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif accused nuclear-armed rival India on Wednesday of putting unacceptable conditions on dialogue and said the world would ignore rising tension in South Asia at its peril. Pakistan has rejected the allegation and accused India of apportioning blame before the incident had been investigated properly. Sharif said Pakistan wanted peace with India and had repeatedly offered dialogue. India has long accused Pakistan of playing a role in the 27-year-long insurgency against its rule in Jammu and Kashmir, its only Muslim-majority state. Kashmir, divided between India and Pakistan since 1947, is at the heart the neighbors' seven decades of distrust.

Source: Sunday Times September 22, 2016 06:00 UTC