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LONDON: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has made it clear that he saw his election victory in the May 11 elections as a “mandate for peace with India” — Pakistan’s neighbour and the oldest enemy.In his first interview with any foreign paper, Nawaz Sharif told Daily Telegraph that the arms race between Pakistan and India “must end” but the outstanding issues — including the issue of Kashmir — must be resolved through peaceful means. “There will be progress and there has to be progress. If we have to prosper,[url=http://www.moncler-sale.org]moncler down jackets[/url], there has to be progress on this.”Nawaz Sharif told the paper that the PML-N didn’t use any India-bashing slogans in the elections campaign. “We don’t believe in such slogans. There have been such slogans in the past — 10 years ago, 20 years ago, 30 years ago — but not now. In fact,[url=http://www.moncler-sale.org]moncler outlet[/url], I very clearly spoke about good relations with India even before the elections were happening. I made my position very clear: if we get a mandate,[url=http://www.moncler-sale.org]discount moncler jackets[/url], we will make sure we pick up the threads from where we left off in 1999 and then reach out to India, sit with them, resolve all our outstanding issues, including the issue of Kashmir, through peaceful means.”The prime minister told the paper he believed his party swept the elections on May 11 because he was able to deliver in previous terms.“We were able to meet the expectations of the people to some extent. That is why we were re-elected in 1997 and that is why we have been re-elected in 2013. If I take you back to nineties, our party came up with very bold reforms in the country, economic reforms. They were really revolutionary reforms.”The PM said he was trying to pick up the threads where he had left off when his government was deposed but said that this time “we are now going to make sure that we take it to its logical conclusion.”Nawaz Sharif said when British Prime Minister David Cameron rang with his congratulations, he named his first three priorities as “number one economy,[url=http://www.moncler-sale.org]moncler sale[/url], number two economy, number three economy”.The paper said that Sharif wanted foreign investors to cure Pakistan’s endemic power cuts by building new generating capacity but Pakistan had become a country “where dodging energy bills is pursued with the same diligence as tax evasion” and “less than 0.5 percent of the population pays any tax; fabulously rich citizens, including politicians,[url=http://www.moncler-sale.org]moncler sale[/url], brazenly avoid contributing to the national treasury” and “British taxpayers, by contrast, will give £446 million to Pakistan as UK aid in 2015”.Nawaz Sharif said he believed that he “will have to lower the taxes in the country, the income tax,[url=http://www.moncler-sale.org]moncler down jackets[/url], corporate tax and all the taxes” and admitted that “there is a lot of leakage in our taxes, it is said that it’s somewhere between 500 and 1,[url=http://www.moncler-sale.org]moncler outlet[/url],000 billion rupees (£3 billion to £6 billion)”.Nawaz Sharif admitted that it was not easy to “plug this leakage” but added that his government was “very conscious of this problem”. Nawaz Sharif acknowledged that security was essential for economic success.“We are fighting all these elements because look at what they’ve done in different parts of the country,[url=http://www.moncler-sale.org]moncler on sale[/url],” says Mr Sharif. “More than 40,000 people have lost their lives in this battle against terror.”Nawaz Sharif said that his government believed in negotiations with the warring extremist groups. “Of course we’re fighting each other. I believe that there may be no harm in exploring the other option of having dialogue with them if they’re at all serious, and if we find them serious enough — and if we think that talks can yield positive results. Britain had to talk to the IRA and resolve the problem and so to explore this option, I think, is not a bad idea.”Nawaz Sharif termed the American drone campaign as No 1 “irritant”, adding: “The drones are counter-productive,[url=http://www.moncler-sale.org]moncler on sale[/url], they are violating our sovereignty and we must respect each other’s territorial sovereignty and if the drones are challenging our sovereignty this is not a fair thing.”The paper said it seemed that Nawaz Sharif was “aware of the burden of responsibility”.“I have to make sure we do the right things. We have to make sure we tread the right path,[url=http://www.moncler-sale.org]discount moncler jackets[/url], pursue the right policies — and not make any mistakes,” the premier said.
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