"If they (Indian leaders) wish we should compete them in
eradicating poverty; if they wish they we should compete in ending unemployment;
if they wish we should compete them in works of public welfare and prosperity;
then it is not possible to achieve all these through fire, gunpowder and
bloodshed. It is not possible to grow flowers of new job opportunities and
prosperity in the fields where gunpowder is sown," Sharif said.
While addressing a joint session of the Parliament convened
to discuss the security situation in the wake of increasing Indo-Pak tensions, Sharif
accused India of The pretending approach to negotiation and instead creating a
war-like environment by blaming Pakistan for the Uri terror attack in which 19
Indian soldiers were killed last month.
"We have done
every exercise to make India come to the dialogue table, but India did not
let it happen. Our efforts were thwarted over and over again," Sharif
claimed.
"Without any
investigation (into Uri incident), within a few hours, India blamed Pakistan
for the attack," he said.
Sharif accused India of having some "motives" in
blaming Pakistan for the Uri attack when it was "not even
established" that who was involved in it.
The Pakistan Prime
Minister also accused India of violating the LoC ceasefire agreement and
launching "aggression" against Pakistan.
"India's
ceasefire violation resulted in the death of our two soldiers, when it attacked
Pakistan. It was befittingly responded and was conveyed that Pakistan Army is
fully capable to respond to any aggression," he said.
