Indian-held Kashmir (IHK) Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has said one indicator of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s commitment to improving ties with India can come from whether Pakistan buys 500MW of electricity from India or not.
“The proof of the pudding is in the eating,” Omar said on Monday, emphasising he would love to see what Nawaz will do to improve ties with its neighbour.
Describing as “heartening” some of the statements emanating from Islamabad after Nawaz’s return to power, Omar said improved relationship between India and Pakistan benefited IHK which suffered when Indo-Pak ties turned sour.
“I mean today Pakistan has villages where there is no electricity for 22 of 24 hours, cities where 10 hours you have power cuts. Whether the establishment and some other forces in Pakistan allow him to buy that electricity, let’s see. Will he be able to give India the Most Favoured Nation status that also remains to be seen,” Omar was quoted as saying.
“Because if you can’t move forward on areas in which Pakistan is going to benefit, how could we expect him to move forward in areas like Siachen, Sir Creek and the biggest question of all which is Kashmir,” he said.
After Nawaz was voted back to power, Omar had said the PML-N leader had the track record of trying to improve relations between the two countries.
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