INDOPAK-MEDIA 2 LST

The Post in its edit wrote, "...no clear-cut picture has
as yet emerged about the actual agenda or the exact format.
While India has talked of engagement with Pakistan in general
terms Pakistan has made it clear that it looks at the meeting
as a step towards the revival of the composite dialogue
suspended by India following the Mumbai terror attack.
"First India called off the composite dialogue on the
excuse of the tragic Mumbai incident and since then it has
been insisting that Pakistan should do more on the terror
issue."
In pursuing this line India has "curiously ignored" the
fact that Pakistan, itself a victim of the worst kind of
terrorism, could by no stretch of the imagination be accused
of being soft on forces perpetrating violence and spreading
death and destruction in the length and breadth of the
country, it said.
"Needless to emphasise, it is time India saw things in
the broader perspective and realised that terrorism is a
common threat to both countries and there must be close
cooperation between them to counter the menace. The problem
cannot be solved by putting peace talks on hold and asking for
unilateral action by Pakistan alone," the edit concluded. PTI