ISLAMABAD: Islamabad was ready to resume talks with New Delhi on all outstanding issues in case the latter eases tension in the occupied Kashmir, the foreign minister made the offer here on Saturday.
In an interview with BBC, Shah Mehmood Qureshi was of the view that his country had always accorded a welcome to dialogue with New Delhi.
He said: “We have never refused to hold talks. It is India which had never created conducive environment for talks.”
Meanwhile, jails in the occupied Kashmir have ran out of capacity and now thousands of people detained without charges by Indian forces are being shifted via planes to other parts of the country.
Over 10,000 innocent people have been arrested by Indian forces over fears of unrest following the complete lockdown imposed in the valley on Aug 5.
India had abrogated Article 370 on August 5 withdrawing special status given to occupied Kashmir.
A local magistrate had said that over 4,000 people had been arrested under the controversial Public Safety Act.
Most of the arrested Kashmiris have been flown out of the valley as jails here are running out of capacity.
