Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said that Pakistan and India should have friendly and good neighbourly relations and should avoid hatching conspiracies against each other.

Sharif told reporters accompanying him on his visit to Turkey, "We [Pakistan and India] should maintain good relations and avoid involving in conspiracies against each other."

Relationship between India and Pakistan have been strained for the past over an year. The bilateral ties nosedived particularly after the attack on Indian Army base in Uri on September 18 last year by Pakistan army trained and sponsored terrorists.

India had conducted "surgical strikes" on the terrorist launchpads constructed by the Pakistan Army in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir as a response to the Uri attack.

Regarding the recent incidents of terrorism in the country, Sharif said that some elements who were upset with the progress of Pakistan are behind the current spate of terror incidents. He expressed the government's resolve to eliminate terrorism at all costs.          

"With our firm resolve, we will defeat those who are not digesting Pakistan's success on different fronts," he said, adding that the involvement of a foreign hand in terror activities in Pakistan could not be denied.

By Premji