Pakistan PM Imran Khan challenges PM Modi for a live TV debate

Imran Khan urges Narendra Modi to join him for a face-to-face TV debate to resolve Indo-Pak differences.

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday expressed his desire to have a face-to-face television debate with Narendra Modi to solve age-old differences; he made the comment while being interviewed by a Russian channel called RT on his maiden 2-day visit to Russia.

It’s for the first time in 20 years any Pakistani supremo has made the voyage to meet the Russian premier. He is to meet Russian President Putin to discuss pressing regional and overall International issues.

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“I would love to debate with Narendra Modi on TV,” expressed Imran Khan. His statement comes on the pretext of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) session that kicked off on 21st February. The FATF plenary will check Pakistan’s efforts in stopping terror financing and laundering of money.

He said that what better way to show a billion population across the borders than the leaders of both the countries trying to solve an issue that has been running since time immemorial.

Khan said reminding the reporters that when his party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf formed the government in 2018 he urged Indian supremos to discuss and resolve the prevailing Kashmir issue. He claims India had shown a cold shoulder to his requests.

After a terror attack (by terrorist groups of Pakistan) on the Pathankot Air Force Base in 2016, Indo-Pak ties had deteriorated further. If that wasn’t enough damage another offensive at the Indian Army camp in Uri exacerbated the situation between both countries.

India responded with a warplane taking down the Jaish-e-Mohammed training camp somewhere in a discreet location in Pakistan on February 26th, 2019; this was in retaliation to the Pulwama attacks where India lost 40 of its bravest soldiers.

Indo-Pak relations were treading on thin ice when India pull back the special status enjoyed by J&K and divided the whole state into 2 union territories in the month of August in 2019.

Indian leaders made a clear statement to Pakistan leadership that J&K come what may will remain an important part of India. And to at once stop all terrorist activities to acquire J&K and to stop negative propaganda about India.

New Delhi wants to have peaceful relations with Islamabad to ensure the flow of trade and commerce flourish between both countries. Very recently Pakistan’s top advisor Abdul Razak Dawood had stated that business bilateral ties with India are of prime importance to Pakistan.

Imran Khan also expressed his solidarity with Ukraine and hopes to see diplomacy of the highest order to avert the Russian invasion. He said nothing could come out of military power. He feels civilized leadership solves any crisis via dialogue and peacekeeping mission, only barbaric and uneducated leaders take to the military invention.