No meeting scheduled yet with Indian PM: Gilani

Islamabad, Apr 19 (PTI) Ahead of the upcoming SAARC
summit, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said
that no meeting has yet been fixed with his Indian counterpart
Manmohan Singh, though both leaders are scheduled to travel to
Bhutan for the meet.

Ruing the breakdown of the composite dialogue in the wake
of the Mumbai terror attack, Gilani said his country wanted to
ensure India that perpetrators of the incident would be
brought to justice, APP reported.
In an interview with French daily 'Le Figaro', Gilani
said while no meeting was acheduled with Singh at the moment,
but "lets see when we visit Bhutan".
"We were smoothly working on composite dialogue with
India. But after that incident (Mumbai) the composite dialogue
had been stalled," Gilani said on Indo-Pak ties.
However, he added that he had a positive meeting with
Singh in Sharm el Sheikh, APP said quoting his interview to
the French daily.
Singh and Gilani held brief encounters at the Nuclear
Security Summit in Washington last week but no meeting was
held.
Gilani said Pakistan can play a pivotal role for
Afghanistan's stability as a stable Afghanistan is in its
interest.
"Afghan President Hamid Karzai did call on us and he had
strategy for reconciliation and now we had to see his plan and
of course with the US and we both can see his plan and vision
and wanted a home made solution to the Afghan issue," he said.
Asked about the arrest of Taliban leader Mulla Baradar
and others, Gilani said there was no distinction between good
and bad Taliban. "The terrorists have no religion, they are
enemies of the humanity and we are against them," he said.
Gilani said Pakistan has conveyed its displeasure over US
drone strikes in its territory and made clear that they were
counter-productive.
"We have conveyed our concern as it is counter productive
and the US is looking into it and now they get back to us what
sort of solution can be worked out between the two countries,"
he said, adding if the drone technology is used by Pakistan it
would be more productive.
Reiterating that Pakistan's nuclear programme and
installations are safe, he said the world has appreciated our
nuclear programme and its security.
About any deal with the US for civil nuclear technology,
he said, "Our discussion is still going on but at the moment
we are just discussing it and there is nothing concrete".
He also expressed optimism that the landmark
constitutional amendment bill will facilitate democracy.
Referring to the UN-affiliated panel's report on the
assassination of Benazir Bhutto, he said legal experts are
examining the report and a decision will be taken. PTI
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