Islamabad: Pakistan today described as “incorrect” a media report that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had contended the Kashmir issue is a flashpoint which “can trigger a fourth war” with India.
“Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif is of the opinion that any issue of conflict between Pakistan and India has to be resolved through peaceful means,” said a statement issued by his office.
The influential Dawn daily had quoted Sharif as saying that “Kashmir is a flashpoint and can trigger a fourth war between the two nuclear powers at any time”.
The report said he made the remarks during a brief address to the Council of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in Muzaffarabad yesterday.
The statement from Sharif's office said: “Prime Minister of Pakistan never uttered these words and the news item is baseless, incorrect and based on malafide intentions.”
A statement from Sharif's office last night regarding his address to the PoK Council had touched on India-Pakistan relations but did not contain any remarks about the Kashmir issue triggering a war.
