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Tanks can't end poverty, says Nawaz Sharif

He said Pakistan wanted to resolve all the outstanding issues with India through composite dialogue.

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday hit back at Narendra Modi, saying poverty cannot be eradicated by “driving tanks on farmlands” and once again needled India by calling Hizbul commander Burhan Wani a “son of the Kashmiri soil”.

Sharif, while addressing a joint session of the Parliament convened to discuss the security situation in the wake of increasing Indo-Pak tensions, accused India of running away from talks.

He said Pakistan wanted to resolve all the outstanding issues with India through composite dialogue. “Our armed forces are capable to thwart any foreign aggression effectively,” he said.

( Source : Deccan Chronicle with agency inputs )
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