Pakistan prime minister Shahbaz Sharif on wednesday (July 23, 2025) said that his country is ready for meaningful talks with india to resolve all pending issues. Shahbaz Sharif made this remark during a conversation with a british High Commissioner Jane Marriott. Marriott met Shahbaz Sharif at the Prime Minister's residence. The two discussed bilateral relations as well as the regional situation in South Asia and West Asia.
Pakistan wants to talk with India
Shahbaz Sharif appreciated Britain's role in reducing tensions during the Pakistan-India standoff and reiterated that pakistan is ready for meaningful talks with india on all pending issues. However, india says that it will hold any talks with pakistan only on the issues of terrorism and return of Pakistan-occupied kashmir (PoK).
India responded to PAK after pahalgam terror attack
India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7 in response to the pahalgam terror attack, under which terrorist infrastructure in areas controlled by pakistan was targeted. After the pahalgam terror attack, india also suspended the Indus Water Treaty of 1960. The Indus Treaty will remain suspended until pakistan stops supporting cross-border terrorism.
India lashed out at pakistan in UNSC
Through Operation Sindoor, india exposed pakistan, a shelter for terrorists, to the world. In a meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), india described pakistan as steeped in fanaticism and terrorism. Terming pakistan as a country that constantly takes loans, india said that countries promoting cross-border terrorism should be forced to pay a serious price.
The US has recently banned the Pakistani terrorist organization The Resistance Front (TRF). Just three days after the pahalgam terror attack on april 22, india had given sufficient evidence to the US to grant TRF the status of a terrorist organisation.

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