Asked how people of Pakistan would react if BJP came to power in India, Khan, without taking BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's name, said, "Who comes to power is not the business of Pakistan, it is for the people of India to decide.
"All I want is a strong leadership, the ability of taking strong decisions."
He said that both countries at different point of time did not have strong leadership to resolve the issues and remove the "mistrust" between the two nations.
He said the despite the apprehensions in Pakistan about the BJP and its stance towards Pakistan, the party when it came to power last time had advocated better relations with the neigbouring country.
"When BJP came to power they were actually the ones who worked for better relations," Khan said.
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