Give peace a chance: Imran Khan responds after PM Modi's challenge

Modi on Sunday had asked Prime Minister Imran Khan, whose nation has been blamed by India as the country behind the Feb 14 attack, to keep his word as a Pathan and fight poverty and illiteracy together with India instead of fighting each other..

As per Dawn News report, Khan today sought to reiterate Pakistan's desire to see stability in the region, saying Modi should "give peace a chance", according to a statement released by the Prime Minister's Office.

“In my meeting with PM Modi in December 2015, we had agreed that since poverty alleviation is a priority for our region, we would not allow any terrorist incident to derail peace efforts, however long before Pulwama, these efforts were derailed in September 2018," the premier said, as quoted by Dawn News, in a reference to India's cancellation of a meeting between the Pakistani and Indian foreign ministers on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly last year. 

"Sadly, now peace remains elusive due to elections in India,” Khan regretted.

Relationship between India and Pakistan have deteriorated since the Feb 14 attack which left 40 Indian CRPF jawans killed.

Indian politicians have several other nations have condemned the incident.