\'Have learnt our lesson\': Pak PM Sharif calls for talks with India

Abu Dhabi: In an interview with an Arabic news channel, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that Pakistan "learnt its lessons" from the wars it fought with India. Admitting the difficult financial and security position that Pakistan finds itself in, Mr Sharif said the wars caused "distress, poverty and unemployment" to its population. But as soon as its Prime Minister stirred the hornet’s nest, Islamabad appeared to swing into damage-control mode by claiming that Mr Sharif had made it clear that talks with India can take place only after New Delhi reversed the scrapping of Article 370 and that the Kashmir issue should be solved as per the UN resolutions that go back by more than seven decades. Mr Sharif had also recently commented that he feels "embarrassed" since other nations feel that financial aid is what Pakistan will constantly ask for.