In challenge to army, Pakistan seeks 'uninterrupted dialogue' with India

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Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said he will seek talks with neighboring India and Afghanistan as part of a regional peace initiative and claimed that foreign policy would be determined by the civilian goverment, setting up a potential clash with the powerful military.

Qureshi, of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf that formed the government this month, called for an “uninterrupted dialogue” with India and said he would visit the Afghan capital Kabul to bridge trust in a tense bilateral relationship. He said India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi had sent a letter to Khan that also stated a desire to