{"id":2377,"date":"2014-05-09T03:12:47","date_gmt":"2014-05-09T03:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kashmir-today.net\/?p=2377"},"modified":"2014-05-09T03:12:47","modified_gmt":"2014-05-09T03:12:47","slug":"pak-pins-hope-on-new-govt-in-india-for-new-beginning-basit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=2377","title":{"rendered":"Pak pins hope on new govt in India for new beginning: Basit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Amritsar<\/strong>: Pakistan is eagerly awaiting a new government in India for a \u201cnew beginning\u201d in the bilateral dialogue process, its High Commissioner in New Delhi Abdul Basit Khan said today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are eagerly awaiting new Government in India so that dialogue process could start meaningfully and compressively once again on a fast pace.<br \/>\n\u201cWith the new government setting up in Delhi, we hope that the two countries would engage with each other for a comprehensive and strategic boost to bilateral trade relations,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nBasit was speaking to reporters after inaugurating a 5-day mega maiden \u2018Pakistan Show 2014\u2032, jointly organised by Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry in collaboration with the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry here today.<br \/>\n\u201cThe governments on both sides are committed to boost bilateral trade so that peaceful development can be realised on both sides of the border sooner than later,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nHe lauded the traders and businessmen of both nations of having strong potential. \u201cThese shows happening over a number of years are testimony to the fact that the business communities on both sides of the border are keen and eager to see peace ushering on both the countries,\u201d Basit said.<br \/>\nOn the issue of Jammu and Kashmir, the Pakistani High Commissioner said, \u201cBoth the nations admit the issue of Jammu and Kashmir exists and it should be resolved. Moreover, it requires a dialogue process. So, here, we should also think to resolve this issue.\u201d<br \/>\nWhen asked about the presence of fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim in Pakistan, Basit said, \u201cDawood is an Indian citizen and how could anyone claim that he is in Pakistan and we have no information about him\u201d.<br \/>\nOn being asked about the drug smuggling menace, Basit said both India and Pakistan are victims of this problem.<br \/>\n\u201cPresently, drug is being smuggled from Afghanistan and its basic ingredients also cultivated there. Hence, Indian and Pakistan have many common problems that required joint efforts,\u201d Basit said.<br \/>\nWhen asked what would be Pakistan\u2019s stand if Narendra Modi becomes the Prime Minister, he said, \u201cWhichever political outfit comes to power in India, Pakistan would always expect smooth trade, visa and cultural relations between the two countries\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amritsar: Pakistan is eagerly awaiting a new government in India for a \u201cnew beginning\u201d in the bilateral dialogue process, its High Commissioner in New Delhi Abdul Basit Khan said today. \u201cWe are eagerly awaiting new Government in India so that dialogue process could start meaningfully and compressively once again on a fast pace. \u201cWith the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2378,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}