Overview

• Foreign minister Ishaq Dar said Pakistan is ready for a dignified, composite dialogue covering all outstanding issues, including Jammu and Kashmir.
• Dar emphasized that Pakistan will not beg for negotiations and presented the offer as consistent with its longstanding position.
• He warned Pakistan would respond with full force to any Indian aggression, including by sea, while lauding recent military performance.
• The offer follows May’s Operation Sindoor strikes by India and four days of cross‑border exchanges that ended with a May 10 understanding to halt hostilities.
• India maintains talks should focus on terrorism and PoK, and it has tightened its posture since May, including suspending the Indus Waters Treaty and blocking trade.