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We didn't kneel before India: Pakistan
Pakistan News.Net
Monday 8th February, 2010 (IANS)
Raising the ante before their proposed foreign secretary-level talks, Pakistan says it had not knelt before India that had now 'sought talks' and a return to the negotiation table.
'India had broken off the composite dialogue process and spoken of severing contacts with Pakistan. It has come to us and sought talks. We never kneeled before them and did not bow to their pressure,' Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said at a gathering in his hometown Multan Sunday.
He also claimed India had tried to isolate Pakistan diplomatically but had failed to do so due to the 'effective' policies pursued by Islamabad.
Qureshi's remarks come as Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Shahid Malik is in Islamabad to discuss the two dates - Feb 18 or Feb 25 - proposed by India for the foreign secretary-level talks in New Delhi.
Malik had on Friday met Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao to work out the modalities for the talks, at which New Delhi has indicated that it is ready to discuss all bilateral issues of concern.
At the same time, India has said it was premature to talk about resuming the composite dialogue at the present moment and made it clear to Pakistan that the proposed talks are part of 'a step-by-step incremental approach' and that Islamabad should 'do more' to address New Delhi's concerns over cross-border terror.
The foreign secretaries' talks could be followed by meetings between the foreign ministers and prime ministers of the two countries on the sidelines of the SAARC summit in Thimpu in April.
The rhetoric apart, Qureshi said Pakistan would be attending the talks as it had a
'strong case' on several outstanding issues, including Kashmir and the sharing of
river waters.
The foreign minister said he would hold meetings during the week to study the Indian proposal and finalise the agenda for the talks.
India had frozen the composite dialogue process in the wake of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks that New Delhi blames on elements operating from this country.
Pakistan admits that part of the Mumbai conspiracy was planned in this country. The trial has also begun here of six operatives of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror group that India says masterminded the Mumbai carnage, that claimed the lives of 166 people, including 26 foreigners.  Email this story to a friend
Comments on this story
mhuss556
02-08-10, 05:45 AM |
We didn't kneel before India: Pakistan
why can,t we live in peace like the normal people . must we destroy each other like the europeans did before they found out that it was better to live in peace? we must both put at our own peoples interests first rather than be pawns in somebody else,s chess game. destroy hatred before it destroys us.
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Consul - India
02-08-10, 07:19 AM |
We did kneel before India
India do not need Pakis.
Our cultures, languages, religions and
life styles do not match with inferior Pakis.
Soon there will be an electronic-border-
checking point (similar to U.S.-Maxican)
installed. No pakis. must cross India border.
Pak. must pay billions of Dollars compensation to the victims of Mumbai attacks including to state
of Israel. Pak. must face U.N. Tribunal Court
to as to why Pakis. have attacked India.
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Anonymous
02-08-10, 09:13 AM |
In answer to top. People will never live in peace so long as religion rules both sides. LAHORE.
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Anonymous
02-08-10, 02:58 PM |
TO COUCIL INDIA
SUCKER STOP COPYING AMERICANS.ITS A JOB OF YOUR BOLLYWOOD.SINCE WHEN U HAVE BECOME SUPERIOR.ASSHOLE YOUR ANCESTORS WERE RULED BY US FOR CENTURIES.THANKS TO FEW BRITISHERS THAT U GOT A PIECE OF LAND TO LIVE N RULE.KEEP QUITE N EAT UR BARA PAOS N BATTATA BARA WITH UR HOMELESS FAMILY LIVING ON STREET OF MUMBAI.
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Baluchis
02-09-10, 01:38 PM |
Anonymous02-08-10, 02:58 PM
Stop writing nonsense.
Teri ma di fuddi marega.
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Anonymous
02-10-10, 01:10 PM |
Anonymous02-08-10, 02:58 PM
He, you gaandu. PakisPunjabi.
Did you ever study? Learn English.
You wrote - Britishers - haramkhor, idiot,
who let you enter into Britain?
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