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FM visit to give peace a chance but 26/11 to cast shadow:Media
Rezaul H Laskar
Islamabad, Jul 15 (PTI) Acknowledging that Mumbai will
continue to cast a shadow on Indo-Pak talks, Pakistani media
Thursday hoped that Indias' External Affairs Minister S M
Krishna's visit here will "give peace a chance" but doubted
whether it will result in anything tangible for the two sides.
As the two Foreign Ministers met here with the aim to
restore trust, leading daily 'Dawn' said they "are likely to
announce some minor 'doable' steps for confidence-building...
"These steps... may include feel-good measures such as
reconvening of the judicial committee on prisoners,
strengthening cross-LoC CBMs and enhancing cultural and trade
relations and people-to-people contacts," it said.
The paper, however, opined that Mumbai will continue to
cast its long shadow over Pakistan-India ties.
The News, too, hailed Krishna's visit to Pakistan, saying
that he had arrived with a "message of peace."
"The much awaited visit of the Indian Foreign Minister to
Pakistan started on a positive note ...but there are questions
on whether this goodwill will result in anything tangible for
the two countries," a report in Express Tribune read.
The Nation and The Post ran edits on the Indo-Pak talks.
According to the Nation, India is not keen on settling
disputes with Pakistan.
"...India is clearly not sincere about settling disputes
with Pakistan, it is futile to set store by the
Qureshi-Krishna talks being held at Islamabad today that they
would lead to any meaningful outcome."
New Delhi is interested in virtually restarting the whole
process of negotiations, but that too after its demands on the
issue of terrorism have been satisfied, the edit read.
"These demands Islamabad would find hard to meet because
of their illogical nature and India would have no compunction
about insisting that they must be accepted, unless the ground
reality that favours its adamant behaviour changes.
"India wants to ditch the peace process that had reached
a point where meaningful discussion on the core issue of
Kashmir was on the cards. We are now back to square one! This
intransigent attitude of India has to be met with a firmer
determination to secure the solution of all issues, the most
urgent and vital being the Kashmir dispute, on the basis of
justice and fair play," the edit said. (More) PTI
Islamabad, Jul 15 (PTI) Acknowledging that Mumbai will
continue to cast a shadow on Indo-Pak talks, Pakistani media
Thursday hoped that Indias' External Affairs Minister S M
Krishna's visit here will "give peace a chance" but doubted
whether it will result in anything tangible for the two sides.
As the two Foreign Ministers met here with the aim to
restore trust, leading daily 'Dawn' said they "are likely to
announce some minor 'doable' steps for confidence-building...
"These steps... may include feel-good measures such as
reconvening of the judicial committee on prisoners,
strengthening cross-LoC CBMs and enhancing cultural and trade
relations and people-to-people contacts," it said.
The paper, however, opined that Mumbai will continue to
cast its long shadow over Pakistan-India ties.
The News, too, hailed Krishna's visit to Pakistan, saying
that he had arrived with a "message of peace."
"The much awaited visit of the Indian Foreign Minister to
Pakistan started on a positive note ...but there are questions
on whether this goodwill will result in anything tangible for
the two countries," a report in Express Tribune read.
The Nation and The Post ran edits on the Indo-Pak talks.
According to the Nation, India is not keen on settling
disputes with Pakistan.
"...India is clearly not sincere about settling disputes
with Pakistan, it is futile to set store by the
Qureshi-Krishna talks being held at Islamabad today that they
would lead to any meaningful outcome."
New Delhi is interested in virtually restarting the whole
process of negotiations, but that too after its demands on the
issue of terrorism have been satisfied, the edit read.
"These demands Islamabad would find hard to meet because
of their illogical nature and India would have no compunction
about insisting that they must be accepted, unless the ground
reality that favours its adamant behaviour changes.
"India wants to ditch the peace process that had reached
a point where meaningful discussion on the core issue of
Kashmir was on the cards. We are now back to square one! This
intransigent attitude of India has to be met with a firmer
determination to secure the solution of all issues, the most
urgent and vital being the Kashmir dispute, on the basis of
justice and fair play," the edit said. (More) PTI
