Pak suspends peace process |
The peace process between India and Pakistan has been "suspended" and there are no talks scheduled between the two countries, Pakistan high commissioner Abdul Basit said in New Delhi on April 7.Asked at the Foreign Correspondents Club about a meeting between the foreign secretaries of the two countries, Basit said: "There is no meeting scheduled for now. I think at present the peace process is suspended.India is not ready as yet. However, he quickly added that "we can only resolve issues through dialogue". This is the first official word from Pakistan about the latest breakdown in the now-on-now-off peace process with India. Earlier, , Basit referred to the arrest of alleged Indian spy Jadhav in Balochistan in March 2016 and said that it "irrefutably corroborates what Pakistan has been saying all along".
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