Pakistan, May 15 -- Pakistan on Thursday cautiously welcomed emerging voices within India calling for dialogue between the two nuclear-armed neighbours, with Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Andrabi saying such sentiments offered hope for a shift away from what it described as "war mongering and belligerence" witnessed in recent months.

Addressing the weekly media briefing in Islamabad, Tahir Andrabi termed the calls for engagement from within India as a "positive development," expressing hope that "sanity will prevail in India."

"The war mongering and belligerence that have been emanating for past months and years will fade away for more such voices to come up," Andrabi said, while adding that Islamabad was yet to see any official res...