We have to live with Pakist­an foreve­r and ever, says P Chidam­baramA top leader of the main opposition party in India has said that there is no other option to avoid war, than to hold talks with Pakistan. The Congress senior leader said that for about 70 years now Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) are being governed by India and Pakistan respectively, however, now “the entire ground conditions have changed”. In response to a question, he said that dealing with Pakistan was more complex, which involved a mixture of areas like foreign, defence and security policies. Following the Pulwama incident, the Indian Air Force (IAF) violated Pakistani airspace near the Line of Control (LoC) and were chased away by Pakistan Air Force (PAF) jets on February 26. the very next day PAF fighter jets shot down two Indian warplanes and captured a pilot after they intruded into its airspace while responding to a Pakistani aerial mission on targets inside occupied Kashmir.

Source: The Express Tribune March 03, 2019 07:30 UTC