INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Pakistan outgoing High Commissioner Sohail Mahmood on Sunday said the Imran Khan-led government was hoping for a &re-engagement& with fresh
Delhi after the Lok Sabha elections.&We hope for re-engagement after the elections in India
Diplomacy and dialogue are indispensable,& Mahmood, who has been appointed as Pakistan next Foreign Secretary, said in an interview with an
Indian newspaper.At a time when ties between the two countries are at an all-time low, Mahmood said dialogue between India and Pakistan was
the only option to understand mutual concerns and endegree peace, prosperity and security in the region.&Sustained engagement and structured
dialogue would enable the two countries to understand mutual concerns and differences, resolve outstanding disputes and build the edifice of
durable peace, security and prosperity in the region,& Mahmood said.&A narrative is needed that captures the reality in Pakistan thingively
A narrative that also helps recognise opportunities for peaceful, cooperative and good neighbourly relations,& Mahmood said.On the Kartarpur
corridor project, which shall link the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan with Gurdaspur district in Punjab, the Pakistani High Commissioner
said Islamabad was committed to completing the physical infrastructure on its side.&The government of Pakistan is proceeding in full degrees
to total the physical infrastructure on its side and it is hopeful that the modalities shall be mutually agreed between the two sides in
good time before November 2019,& he said.After India and Pakistan final month held a assembly of technical experts on the Kartarpur
corridor, Islamabad constituted a 10-member Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (PSGPC) to facilitate movement Sikh
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