Pakistan seeks good ties with neighbours

PAKISTAN: Pakistani Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Tuesday that Pakistan wants good relations with neighbouring countries including India on the basis of equality, the official APP news agency reported.

When addressing a gathering in east Pakistan’s Multan, the prime minister said Pakistan wishes to resolve water and Kashmir disputes with India through negotiations on the table.

He stressed that the two nuclear powers should decide to move forward and focus on the well-being of their poverty ridden people, adding that it will pave the way for a socio-economic revolution in the region.

Gilani said that 1.25 billion people of the two countries need development, education, health facilities, business investment to have their problems addressed.

He said that poor people would also get 200 electricity units free of cost.

ISLAMABAD, Wednesday, Xinhua