Sharif under fire over no mention of Kashmir

Leaders and the media in Pakistan have criticised the government over the absence of any mention of Kashmir in the joint statement. Shah Mehmood Qureshi, former foreign minister and leader of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), told Pakistan's Express TV channel that Kashmir should have been mentioned in the joint communique. Senator Rehman Malik of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) said that PM Modi was disrespectful towards Mr Sharif and behaved like a Tsar, forcing the Pakistani premier to walk through a long corridor to come towards his "throne". Talat Hussain, a prominent anchor of Pakistani news channel Geo TV, said that it was Mr Sharif's failure to get Kashmir mentioned in the joint statement. He said it looked as if Nawaz Sharif was just trying to please Narendra Modi. "I think government was in a hurry to get a positive response from India," he said.