US identifies LeT as group behind 26/11 carnage as Pakistan accuses India of selective focus on terror!Further Acrimony after Indo-Pak talks!
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India today rejected Pakistan's contention that it was not ready to discuss all issues and asserted that all "core" and "burning" problems were deliberated upon with the aim of reducing trust deficit.
External Affairs Minister S M Krishna rebuffed his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi for comparing Home Secretary G K Pillai with JuD chief Hafiz Saeed, saying there was "absolutely no comparison" between the two.
Hours after Mr Qureshi accused the Indian delegation of carrying a limited mandate to discuss issues, Mr Krishna said that "our mandate was very clear".
"There was no ambiguity. As External Affairs Minister leading this delegation, I have confined myself to the mandate given to me and I am quite satisfied," he told reporters at the IGI airport here shortly on arrival from Islamabad.
To a question on what were the gains of his visit, Mr Krishna said, "the very fact that I went to Islamabad and I talked about core issues in our relationship...if you consider it as a gain, I am ready to go along with it.
Curfew in Kashmir to prevent separatist march
Curfew was imposed on Friday in Srinagar as Hurriyat Conference called for a march to Batamaloo area of the city.All roads leading to Batmaloo have been sealed by police and paramilitary forces, with barbed wires and blockades put in place to stop movement of traffic.The march call,given by the Syed Ali Geelani faction of the Hurriyat Conference,was supported by other separatist groups as well.
"Stop terror first," says Krishna, ignores Pak jibes
In response to the rant-like speech of his Pakistani counterpart, a very diplomatic Indian Foreign Minister said, "I am not going to start scoring debating points with foreign Minister Qureshi."He then proceeded to systematically dismantle Qureshi's diatribe.
India on Friday rejected Pakistan's contention that it was not ready to discuss all issues and asserted that all "core" and "burning" problems were deliberated upon with the aim of reducing trust deficit.
External Affairs Minister S M Krishna rebuffed his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi for comparing Home Secretary G K Pillai with JuD chief Hafiz Saeed, saying there was "absolutely no comparison" between the two.
He also indicated that Qureshi may be speaking an untruth when he said that the Indian Foreign Minister disturbed the proceedings by repeatedly going out to speak on his phone while the talks with his Pak counter-part were going on.
Pakistan accuses India of selective focus on terror!A day after talks with India ended in a deadlock, Pakistan Friday accused India of having a 'selective' approach by focusing mostly on terrorism and said it would be 'difficult to move forward' with this attitude.
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Pakistan may have denied any role of state controlled institutions in the Mumbai attacks that left over 166 people dead, but the United States has held the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), which has been fathered by the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), responsible for the carnage.Meanwhile,External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna on Friday rejected Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi's charge that he excused himself from the ongoing talks several times to receive instructions on phone from New Delhi.
'India's approach was selective. When they say all issues are on table, they should not be selective,' Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi told reporters here, a day after he held talks with his Indian counterpart S.M. Krishna.
'If we focus on just one issue (terrorism), it will be difficult for Pakistan to move forward,' Qureshi said, while accusing India of being obsessed with terrorism and excluding other bilateral issues.
Qureshi criticised India for being inflexible.
'We are ready to negotiate. We are not in a hurry. When they are ready, we are ready to discuss all issues and show flexibility,' Qureshi said.
He added that Jammu and Kashmir was part of the negotiations with India and reiterated charges of human rights violations and the imposition of curfew in parts of the state -- an issue that created much acrimony at the joint press conference he held with Krishna Thursday night.
Qureshi said Pakistan was a victim of terror and its cities were repeatedly attacked by terrorists.
Qureshi and Krishna held wide-ranging talks Thursday, but the discussions ended in bitterness over Pakistan raking up human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir and India's insistence that Pakistan give a timeframe for completing trial of the 26/11 terrorists.
Addressing a news conference here after completing a three-day visit to Islamabad, Krishna, responding to a question on the issue, said: "I never used any telephone. I was totally cut-off from India. It is an extraordinary statement. I did not speak to Delhi. In diplomatic parlance we are always in touch."
He further went on to say that even if this was true, there was nothing wrong with it.
"It is a fact that foreign ministers have to be and are in touch with their political leaderships. The mandate given to me (by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh) was so precise and so clear, that I did not need any further instructions from Delhi," he added.
Qureshi had alleged on Friday that Krishna kept receiving telephone calls from New Delhi during their talks, and that he was "directed".
"Indian foreign minister kept receiving calls from Delhi during talks. He is a senior minister and understands foreign policy-there was no need for this," said Qureshi.
"India's approach was selective. When they say all issues are on table, they should not be selective," Qureshi told reporters in Islamabad.
Qureshi criticised India for being inflexible.
"We are ready to negotiate. We are not in a hurry. When they are ready, we are ready to discuss all issues and show flexibility," Qureshi said.
Addressing the Senate Foreign Relations Committee here, America's Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke identified the LeT as the group which planned and executed the 26/11 attacks.
Holbrooke explained that Pakistan was facing five major insurgencies -the Afghan Taliban, the Pakistani Taliban, Lashkar-e-Taiba, the Haqqani network and Al Qaeda.
He described the Haqqani network as an "odious" group, "in North Waziristan who've been attacking the American troops", The Dawn reports.
It is pertinent to mention here that Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, on Thursday, had said that Islamabad has taken note of the additional information provided by alleged LeT operative David Coleman Headly in his confessions to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Headley had revealed during interrogation that Jamaat-ud-Daawa, the front face of the LeT, chief, Hafeez Saeed, was the mastermind behind the 26/11 attacks in which the ISI played an active and key role, and confessed to his role in the terror attacks in which 10 Pakistani terrorists killed over 166 people and injured over 200 others.
'Keeping India out, far greater Pak priority than supporting US' Afghan goals'
Pakistan might claim that it shares the goals of the United States in eliminating the Taliban and Al-Qaeda and stabilizing Afghanistan, but its prime objective remains minimizing the influence of arch rivals-India in the war torn nation, an expert has said.
"While Pakistanis will say they share the U.S. goal, "that's a way, way lower priority for them and they're willing to put up with a lot" from groups like the Taliban to keep India out," opines Teresita Schaffer, Director of the South Asia program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would be stopping over to Pakistan later this week before visiting Afghanistan, where she would be participating in a donor's conference.
During her visit, Clinton is likely to press both Islamabad and Kabul to step up efforts against the Taliban and Al-Qaeda.
She is also likely to discuss the reconciliation efforts being worked upon by Afghan President Hamid Karzai and backed by Pakistan.
However, the Obama administration is skeptical over Pakistan's role in the reconciliation process and considers it as 'ambiguous', which was evident from Richard Holbrooke's, President Obama's Special Envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan, statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Speaking before Committee, Holbrooke said Washington wants to know more about Islamabad's role in Karzai's endeavour to bring peace in the war torn region.
"Pakistan's role in reconciliation is ambiguous and opaque at this point. It is something that we want to learn more about. Remember, we're talking about reconciliation in Afghanistan not Pakistan's own relationships," Holbrooke said.
He also made it clear that the United States would never seek reconciliation with Al-Qaeda's ally- Haqqani network, which is believed to enjoy the backing of Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI).
Pillai at the centre of Indo-Pak diplomatic row
Union Home Secretary G K Pillai was at the centre of the Indo-Pak diplomatic row today after an extraordinary attack on him by Pakistan''s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, against which he was defended by India. Qureshi caused a flutter when he appeared to bracket LeT operative Hafiz Saeed''s hate-India speeches with the remarks made by Pillai that Pakistani-American terrorist David Headley had disclosed that ISI was involved in the Mumbai terror attack.The Pakistani Minister objected to his remarks on the eve of Indo-Pak talks and asked "to what extent" these helped the bilateral ties. He also claimed that his Indian counterpart S M Krishna was in agreement with him that such remarks were "uncalled for".
Krishna, who had not refuted Qureshi during their joint press conference in Islamabad yesterday, was today attacked by the BJP for not defending the Home Secretary. On his return to Delhi, Krishna fielded questions on the subject and said there was "no question of comparison" between the statements of Saeed and Pillai.
"Hafiz Saeed is a person who has been speaking out of turn against India. He has been crying for jihad against India and we have always said that such people in Pakistan who incite hostile and anti-India propaganda will not smoothen relationship," he said.
But the External Affairs Minister chose not to refute Qureshi''s statement that the two of them were of the same "opinion" on Pillai''s remarks. Meanwhile, government sources saw the outburst by Qureshi against Pillai as an effort to divert attention from the issue of terrorism and felt that the Pakistani minister may have been forced to do so by elements in his country who want to scuttle the talks.
The sources said the hawkish elements in Pakistan, which do not want dialogue between the two countries, were upset when the talks between the Home Ministers and Home Secretaries went off well last month. The sources noted that the meeting between Home Ministers last month passed off so well that Pakistan''s Interior Minister Rehman Malik went to the extent of telling P Chidambaram that India would not be disappointed when Islamabad replies to terror related queries the next time.
"The hawks in Pakistan do not want Indo-Pak talks. These elements could be behind the sudden outburst of Qureshi," a source said.
The sources said the contents of Pillai''s statement had been conveyed to Pakistan before the talks. "For rest of the information, India has told Pakistan to get in touch with the US Department of Justice and FBI. Home Secretary has only repeated what the Pakistani agencies and government are well aware of," the source said.
BURNING ISSUES
"We talked about some of the burning issues that confront the two countries. To that extent that we have contributed in a manner where the trust deficit is getting reduced as part of the Confidence Building Measure," he said.
Mr Krishna refuted Mr Qureshi's claim that Indian delegation was not mentally prepared for the talks. "I was fully prepared," he said.
With regard to Mumbai attack investigations, he said that India had not insisted on any time-line but had clearly
told Pakistan that unless the issue of terrorism was addressed, "all other efforts will be futile".
TERRORISM, THE OBSTACLE
He said Pakistan had been told that terrorism was the "biggest obstacle" in normalising relations between the two countries.
"As long as this is not met, all other efforts would be futile. Hence, it is in the interest of this particular relationship, if it has to be strengthened, then positive, focused action will have to be taken by the leadership of Pakistan in tackling those perpetrators of these heinous crimes in Mumbai," he said.
Asked about Mr Qureshi's comparison of Mr Pillai's remarks with Saeed's anti-India speeches, the Minister shot back, "where is the question of comparison between the two statements?
"Hafiz Saeed is a person who has been speaking out of turn against India. He has been crying for jihad against India and we have always said that such people in Pakistan who incite hostile and anti-India propaganda will not smoothen relationship," he said.
TELEPHONE TALKS
Mr Krishna rebutted Mr Qureshi's claim that he was constantly on telephone line with New Delhi during talks.
Describing Mr Qureshi's statement as "extraordinary", he said he was "totally cut-off" from India and never used the telephone.
"I have not spoken to anybody. The mandate given to me was so precise, so clear, that it does not need any additional instructions from Delhi," he said.
But, he maintained, that even if he had used the telephone, in diplomacy it was not wrong in keeping touch with the base.
"Foreign Ministers are always in touch with their base, with the political leadership and governmental leadership. There is nothing wrong even if something has happened on these lines," he said.
To another of Mr Qureshi's aside on lack of clear mandate to Indian delegation, he said "I am not going to score debating points with Qureshi. I would like to concentrate on serious issues. We did discuss issues that are of concern to both of us. We have made some headway."
Asked whether back-channel diplomacy would be preferred in the light of stalemate in talks, he said that it was something that would have to be evaluated.
"I have invited Qureshi to India. I am looking forward to resuming the dialogue from where we left," he said.
NOT FOR TIMEBOUND TALKS
When refered to Mr Qureshi's insistence on time-bound approach to resolving issues, Mr Krishna said it was not clear as to what Pakistan Foreign Minister meant by that statement.
"Knowing the complexity of the problems we had discussed, I do not think that it would be prudent for anybody to insist on a timeframe," he said.
In his opening statement, Mr Krishna said he had cordial, frank and useful exchange of views with Mr Qureshi.
"Our extensive and serious discussions extended beyond schedule. We discussed steps to promote trust and confidence so as to pave the way for serious, comprehensive and sustained dialogue on all issues of mutual interest and concern," he said.
Mr Krishna said talks enabled the two sides to understand each other's positions.
During his meetings with Pakistan leadership, Mr Krishna said his interactions with Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani brought forth the desire on both sides to normalise relationship to bring peace and prosperity in the region.
He found a similar desire during his meetings with leaders of political parties, including MQM, ANPM and PML(N).
He said he conveyed to interlocutors the need for effective action against terrorism directed against India.
He also stressed on the need for Pakistan to fulfil its assurances not to allow its territory to be used against India saying it will go a long way in building trust and confidence.
Mr Krishna said Mr Qureshi assured him that Pakistan will do all its power to fulfil its commitment not to allow its soil to be used against India.
Protesters clash with forces in Indian Kashmir
By AIJAZ HUSSAIN (AP) – 50 minutes ago
SRINAGAR, India — Hundreds of anti-India protesters clashed with police and paramilitary soldiers after Friday prayers despite a rigid curfew being reimposed in most of Kashmir following weeks of unrest that has killed 15 people.
People were not allowed to attend prayers at Srinagar's main Jamia mosque for a third successive Friday, but authorities did not stop residents from attending prayers at smaller local mosques in the disputed Himalayan region's main city.
People who attended Friday prayers at mosques joined anti-India protests afterward. Hundreds of protesters threw rocks at police and paramilitary soldiers who then fired tear gas to quell the protests, a police officer said on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to talk to reporters.
Clashes also broke out Friday in Anantnag, Kupwara and Baramulla towns where government forces fired tear gas to disperse the rock-throwing protesters, police said.
No injuries were immediately reported.
The mostly Muslim region, where resistance to rule by predominantly Hindu India is strong, has been under a rolling curfew for the past three weeks after anti-India street protests and clashes surged.
The tension in the region — divided between India and Pakistan and claimed by both — is reminiscent of the late 1980s, when protests against New Delhi's rule sparked an armed conflict that has killed more than 68,000 people, mostly civilians.
Separatist politicians and militants want to carve out a separate homeland or merge with Pakistan.
On Friday, thousands of police and paramilitary soldiers — dressed in riot gear and armed with assault rifles — patrolled Srinagar, the main city in the Indian-held Kashmir. They asked people to stay at home, said Javaid Ahmed, a local resident.
The government decision followed a call for protests by the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, the region's main grouping of separatist parties. An earlier curfew had been eased last weekend so that residents could celebrate a Muslim festival.
But on Thursday, the unrest picked up again, when thousands of people held streets protests chanting "We want freedom" and "Go India, go back" in Srinagar.
Clashes erupted as government forces fired tear gas to disperse rock-throwing protesters in Srinagar and some other towns, injuring 16 protesters and 13 troops, the officer said.
On Friday, shops, schools and government offices were closed and public buses stayed off the roads in the region.
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'Ridiculous' to compare Pillai with Saeed: Congress
The ruling Congress Friday termed as 'ridiculous' Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi's attempt to equate Indian Home Secretary G.K. Pillai's statement on the 2008 Mumbai terror attack with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief Hafeez Saeed's anti-India hate speeches.'I don't think there is any basis for comparison of statements by Hafiz Saeed or Salahuddin with the home secretary. That would be ridiculous,' Congress spokesman Abhishek Manu Singhvi told reporters here, a day after the foreign ministers of India and Pakistan held talks in Islamabad.
The almost seven-hour meeting ended with no common ground with the two sides reiterating their known positions on thorny issues such as Kashmir.
When asked about Saeed's hate speeches in Pakistan, Qureshi countered by bringing up Pillai and his allegations that Pakistan's intelligence agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) was involved in the 26/11 Mumbai strike.
'Tell me, to what extent it helped (our dialogue)? It was uncalled for,' Qureshi said.
Singhvi said the 'home secretary was simply making a statement of fact about what India's stand has been. It is only India's stand and there can be no comparison'.
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| In revelations that clearly show ISI role in the 26/11 attacks, Pakistani-American terrorist David Headley has told his interrogators that the Pakistani intelligence agency had paid Rs 25 lakh to LeT to purchase a boat which terrorists used to travel from Karachi. Headley also identified through voice sample test two ISI officers who handled the 10 terrorists who carried out 60-hour attack in Mumbai on November 26, 2008. Giving these bits of information on the basis of interrogation of Headley carried out by an NIA team recently, official sources here said the ISI role in the attack was very clear from the revelations made by the LeT operative who is in the custody of FBI. The ISI had paid Rs 25 lakh to Lashkar-e Taiba (LeT) terror outfit for purchase of a boat which was used by the 26/11 attackers to travel from Karachi to the Pakistani maritime boundary, where they hijacked an Indian fishing boat 'Kuber' to reach Mumbai. Sources said Indian investigators also have information that chief of ISI Lieutenant General Ahmed Shuja Pasha had met one of the handlers of the Mumbai attack, Sajjid Mir, who is currently in a Pakistani jail. "All these information have been shared by India with Pakistan through the multiple dossiers given to it," a source said. Home Secretary G K Pillai had earlier stated that ISI was "literally controlling and coordinating the (Mumbai) attack from beginning to end". Headley, who is currently in US custody, had done the recce of several terror targets in Mumbai during his multiple visits to India for the LeT which carried out the 26/11 attack. Filed On: Jul 16, 2010 19:25 IST , Edited On: Jul 16, 2010 19:25 IST |
Further Acrimony after Indo-Pak talks
Priyanka Tikoo and Rezaul H Laskar/New Delhi and Islamabad | Jul 16, 2010
Indo-Pak dialogue today descended into acrimony with Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi accusing India of being "selective" in its approach, a suggestion rejected by his counterpart S M Krishna.
A day after their parleys ended amidst sharp differences on key issues, the two Foreign Ministers addressed their home audiences, Qureshi in Islamabad and Krishna immediately after landing in Delhi to give their versions of what transpired.
Qureshi, speaking to Pakistani journalists while Krishna was still in Islamabad, put aside diplomatic niceties by saying that the Indian delegation was not "fully prepared" for the talks and that his Indian counterpart had repeatedly sought directions from Delhi as the deliberations were on.
Krishna, on his part, refused to engage in "scoring debating points" but firmly said he had not called Delhi even once as he had a clear mandate. He dismissed Qureshi's comment as "extraordinary".
It was clear from Qureshi's comments that Pakistan was insisting on Kashmir being a core issue in the discussions and on their being a "road-map" in addressing all bilateral matters.
The Pakistani minister held out a veiled threat by stating, "if we focus more only on those issues which India gives importance to and ignore those considered important by Pakistan, then I don't think the talks can move forward."
Nevertheless, both the ministers refrained from calling the talks as having failed, with Krishna maintaining that the "extensive and serious discussions" had resulted in better understanding of each other's position. Qureshi said there was no "deadlock" and that Pakistan would wait till India was "ready".
Krishna rejected Pakistan's contention that India was not ready to discuss all issues and asserted that all "core" and "burning" problems were deliberated upon with the aim of reducing trust deficit.
He rebuffed Qureshi for comparing Home Secretary G K Pillai with JuD chief Hafiz Saeed, saying there was "absolutely no comparison" between the two.
Responding to the Pakistan Minister's contention that the Indian delegation had a limited mandate to discuss issue, Krishna said, "I had a clear mandate...
"There was no ambiguity. As External Affairs Minister leading this delegation, I have confined myself to the mandate given to me and I am quite satisfied."
To a question on what were the gains of his visit, Krishna said, "the very fact that I went to Islamabad and I talked about core issues in our relationship...If you consider it as a gain, I am ready to go along with it.
"We talked about some of the burning issues that confront the two countries. To that extent that we have contributed in a manner where the trust deficit is getting reduced as part of the Confidence Building Measures (CBMs)," he said.
With regard to Mumbai attack investigations, he said that Pakistan never gave any timeline but he had clearly told Qureshi that unless the issue of terrorism is addressed, "all other efforts will be futile".
He said Pakistan has been told that terrorism is the "biggest obstacle" in normalising relations between the two countries.
Asked about Qureshi's comparison of Home Secretary G K Pillai's remarks that as per revelation by Pakistani-American terrorist David Headley, ISI was involved in Mumbai terror attacks, with LeT operative Hafiz Saeed's anti-India speeches, the Minister shot back, "where is the question of comparison between the two statements?
"Hafiz Saeed is a person who has been speaking out of turn against India. He has been crying for Jihad against India and we have always said that such people in Pakistan who incite hostile and anti-India propaganda will not smoothen relationship," he said.
To a question on Qureshi's aside on lack of clear mandate to Indian delegation, he said, "I am not going to score debating points with Qureshi. I would like to concentrate on serious issues. We did discuss issues that are of concern to both of us. We have made some headway."
Asked whether back-channel diplomacy would be preferred in the light of stalemate in talks, he said that it is something that will have to be evaluated.
"I have invited Qureshi to India. I am looking forward to resuming the dialogue from where we left," he said.
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Sumir Kaul/Srinagar | Jul 16, 2010
Hurriyat Conference today voiced its dismay at India and Pakistan not making much headway at the talks between their foreign ministers, saying the outcome has left people in the Kashmir valley "disappointed."
It was "sad" that both the countries were caught in "jugglery of words and political jargon", Hurriyat Chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq told PTI here.
The separatist amalgam also advocated that policy makers in New Delhi should listen to its own Army Chief General V K Singh, who has said that Kashmir was a political issue and needed to be resolved politically.
"Hurriyat's point of view is that unless and until both countries -- India and Pakistan -- come close to each other, the prospects of Kashmir issue being resolved are less," Farooq said.
"...The sad part is that we are still caught in jugglery of words and political jargons and there does not seem to be any sincerity on resolving the issue. We maintain that the core issue between the two countries is Kashmir. Yes, there are other issues which are also important but we have maintained that an India, Pakistan dialogue can only be in the right direction if we see some changes on the ground..."
Farooq said Hurriyat was very disappointed that no headway has been made though some contact is there (between the two countries).
"But I guess this(contact) is not enough specially in a situation like this when people of Kashmir are going through very critical times. There was a hope that some political initiative between India and Pakistan would generate some interests among people of Kashmir but people of Kashmir are very disappointed that nothing has come out from the talks apart from rhetoric," he said.
He said unless and until there is a proper mechanism, there is a realisation that "we need to address issues politically, amicably and peacefully and I think if this is not the thinking then we are back to square one."
The Mirwaiz referred to the statement of Army Chief Gen Singh's statement and said "their own army chief is saying that what can the Army do, its a political problem and needs a political solution."
In reply to a question whether the time was right for Hurriyat to jump in and act as a bridge between India and Pakistan, he said, "no. I don't think this is the right time for Hurriyat to jump into. Right now India and Pakistan are also not in a position to move ahead. There does not seem to be any direction, there does not seem to be any mechanism of how to move forward.
"We were hoping that India and Pakistan will take it forward and at an appropriate time...But the way in which this meeting has gone, accusation and counter-accusation, I think it is sad. I think rather than accommodating each other's view, I see hardening of stands," he said.
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Pakistan, India agree on talks, no breakthrough
The Pakistani and Indian foreign ministers agreed on Thursday on more talks but little else as they failed to achieve any tangible measures to build the trust fractured by the Mumbai attacks.Pakistan's Shah Mehmood Qureshi and India's S.M. Krishna met for several hours in an effort to revive the peace process that was broken off after the 2008 assault on the Indian financial capital that killed 166 people.
"We have agreed that this process is valuable and we'll continue to meet in future as well," Qureshi told reporters after their talks.
Krishna said the meeting had been "good and constructive".
"I think our dialogue has enabled us to develop a better understanding," he said, adding that he had invited Qureshi to visit India.
But neither minister set a date for future talks or announced any concrete measures that might soothe tensions. Both were grim-faced and sombre at a news conference after the meeting, with little interaction between the two.
India has blamed Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants for the Mumbai attacks and Indian Home Secretary G.K. Pillai, in remarks published in an Indian newspaper on Wednesday, accused Pakistan's main spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), of orchestrating the assault.
India has been pushing Pakistan to take action against the perpetrators of the attack as a pre-condition for relaunching the peace process between the two nuclear-armed rivals.
Krishna said Qureshi had assured him that his government would take into account in its investigation the information gleaned by Indian officials from a Pakistani-American, David Headley.
Headley pleaded guilty to working with LeT to plan the attacks and Pillai said evidence against the ISI emerged from his interrogation. U.S. authorities, who arrested Headley last October, allowed Indian investigators to question him for a week last month.
Krishna said the unravelling of the conspiracy behind the Mumbai assault would be the biggest confidence-building measure Pakistan could take.
SECURITY VERSUS KASHMIR
Security remains India's top concern in talks with Pakistan after Mumbai. Pakistan wants discussions on other issues, including its core dispute with India over the Himalayan region of Kashmir, the cause of two of the three wars between the two countries since independence from Britain in 1947.
"We have to respect the Indian point of view and they have to understand the Pakistan point of view, and collectively we have to move on," Qureshi said.
While he and Krishna termed their talks useful, they appeared tense while speaking of their allegations against each other.
Krishna said Pakistan had not yet provided any evidence to back up its charge that India was fomenting trouble in Pakistan's southwestern province of Baluchistan.
Qureshi denied Indian allegations that Pakistan was backing Muslim militants infiltrating into Indian-ruled Kashmir.
"Infiltration is not the policy of the government of Pakistan or any intelligence agency of Pakistan. Having said that, if there are individuals who cross over, deal with them firmly and Pakistan will cooperate," Qureshi said.
The meeting took place after India sent in the army to control weeks of violent anti-government protests in the part of Kashmir under its rule.
Both ministers agreed that the countries would continue talks, acknowledging the decades of distrust between them.
"We are politicans and politicans believe in dialogue. ... We will extract hope even from hopelessness because the spirit is to move on and to move forward," Qureshi said.
(Additional reporting by Augustine Anthony; Writing by Zeeshan Haider; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)
Krishna's silence on Pak FM's castigation of Pillai irks BJP
The BJP on Friday regretted that Home Secretary G K Pillai was not "defended" by External Affairs Minister S M Krishna when he was "openly castigated" by Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi.
Qureshi has censured Pillai for his remarks that the ISI had coordinated Mumbai terror attacks.
The Congress on its part described as ridiculous any attempt by Pakistan to equate Pillai's remarks with Jamaat-ud-Dawah(JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed's anti-India hate speeches.
"The Foreign Minister of Pakistan chose to attack India's Home Secretary. I regret he was not defended there by India's Foreign Minister," BJP spokesman Ravi Shankar Prasad said, a day after Qureshi's unexpected attack on Pillai at a joint news conference with Krishna after their talks in Islamabad.
Congress spokesman Abhishek Singhvi said, "The Home Secretary was simply making a statement of fact about what India's stand has been, It is only India's stand. I don't think there is any basis for comparison of statements by Hafiz Saeed or Salahuddin with the Home Secretary. That would be ridiculous."
Singhvi also noted that Krishna has not confirmed Qureshi's remarks that both the ministers were of the opinion that Pillai's comments on ISI's role in 26/11 were "uncalled" for.
Prasad while offering his preliminary comments on the outcome of the Indo-Pak talks said Qureshi was making an issue out of Pillai's statement which was nothing but a statement of LeT operative and Pakistani-American David Headley about the role of ISI in Mumbai attack. Headley has confessed to his involvement in 26/11 and is currently in FBI custody in Chicago in the US.
"They have no reply or content but they are comparing it (Pillai's remarks) with Hafiz Saeed without taking any action," Prasad said.
Qureshi when asked at the joint press conference last night at the end of the talks why Saeed was not being reined in by Pakistan from making anti-India speeches shot back: "I agree that both sides need to create an enabling environment and not let the climate of engagement be vitiated by negative propaganda.
But, I want to know to what extend did the Indian Home Secretary's statement on the eve of this dialogue help? We both(minisers) are of the opinion that it (Pillai's remarks) was uncalled for."
Qureshi's criticism was noteworthy as it was in response to a question on the anti-Indian rhetoric of Saeed and he cited Pillai's comments as a counter. Krishna's silence when Pillai was attacked by the Pakistani minister has raised eyebrows.
Pillai had early this week blamed Pakistan's powerful Inter Services Intelligence(ISI) agency for "controlling and coordinating" the Mumbai terror attacks in 2008 "from the beginning to the end".
Nitish, Modi Will Be Jailed : Lalu, Paswan
Singheshwar/Narpatganj | Jul 16, 2010
Virtually kicking off a joint campaign for the assembly polls in Bihar slated for the year end, Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad and his Lok Janshakti Party counterpart Ramvilas Paswan today accused the ruling NDA of unleashing 'a reign of corruption and terror in the state'.
"Today's meeting marks the beginning of end of the NDA rule synonymous with a reign of corruption and terror," the two leaders told a gathering at Sigheshwar in Madhepura district.
Referring to the Patna High Court order for a CBI probe into alleged irregularities in the execution of development and welfare schemes in Bihar between 2002-2003 and 2007-2008, Paswan said though the tenure of the Nitish Kumar government was almost at an end "We are sure that the chief minister and his deputy S K Modi will be jailed for their complicity in the loot of public funds."
"All pervasive corruption prevails in Bihar which is gripped by anarchy and chaos ... Bureaucracy has taken control over the system and no development is visible," Prasad said and accused Kumar of 'cheating and befooling' the people in the name of development and changing Bihar's image.
"Kumar made tall promises for more than four years but failed to fulfil them ... Not a single industry has come up in Bihar during the period," he alleged.
He asked the people not to vote for Congress either as "Voting Congress will mean voting for BJP and Nitish."
"Both Congress and NDA are two faces of the same coin and people should be cautious while voting this time," the RJD strongman said dubbing the Congress as 'vote katua (vote cutter)'.
Later at Narpatganj in Araria district the two leaders assailed the Nitish Kumar government for allegedly 'fooling the minorities'.
"The CM has done nothing but dirty politics and has tried to fool minorities," Prasad said adding both Centre and the state government were responsible for the plight of the minorities.
Prasad said if the RJD-LJP combine came to power in the state it would strive for the uplift of minorities and seek implementation of the reports of Sachar committee and Ranganath Mishra commission.
Paswan said he had committed a 'big blunder' by snapping ties with RJD in 2005 which paved the way for Nitish Kumar. "The RJD-LJP alliance is firm this time and it is set to rid the people of the state of the corrupt, ineffective and incompetent Nitish regime."
Terming the NDA as 'anti-people and anti-minorities' and alleged that both the state and central governments were equally responsible for the price spiral.
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Contradictions in policy-making
C. P. Chandrasekharonsistency in policy-making seems to be a casualty of the government's ideological drive to "deepen reform" even while economic circumstances demand a completely different policy track. Nowhere is this more visible than in the response to persisting inflation. The government itself has decided that the inflation problem, earlier focused on food but now more generalised, would take care of itself once the monsoon progresses further. More important to it is the need to "exit" from the stimulus resorted to in the wake of the recession, even if that involves besides expenditure reduction an increase in administered prices. So in what it presents as a brave, "anti-populist" move it has decided to resort to steep hikes in the prices of petrol, diesel, kerosene and LPG and begin the transition to a "free pricing' regime for petrol (initially) and diesel (subsequently). With some of these commodities being universal intermediates that enter into the costs of production of most commodities and others being part of the common person's consumption basket, this move is bound to intensify and prolong the already lengthy inflationary episode the country has been experiencing. And the burden of such inflation would fall more severely on the large mass of poor that populate this country. Yet, the Prime minister has openly endorsed the petrol products price hike and the dismantling of administered pricing in this area, indicating where the inspiration for the policy comes from.
What is surprising is that despite statements to the contrary by Finance Ministry mandarins, the government, or at least one important arm of government, does not believe that inflation would just go away. The Reserve Bank of India has decided to step in and do something to curb inflation with policy. Thus, well in advance of its regular monetary policy review due at the end of July, the Reserve Bank of India has decided to hike key interest rates. It has raised both the repo rate and reverse repo rates by a quarter of a percentage point each to 5.5 and 4 per cent respectively. Since this would raise the cost at which banks can access liquidity the move is likely to impart upward pressure on key rates in the system.
Explaining the motivation for its surprise action, the RBI attributes it to the need to "contain inflation and anchor inflationary expectations going forward". In fact, the central bank expects non-food and fuel price increases to add significantly to inflation in the coming months. The likelihood is that the fuel price hike and the delayed monsoon would push inflation beyond the RBI's expectations, resulting in further rate increases in the coming weeks and months. In practice, therefore, the RBI is paying attention to combating inflation while the government is working to intensify it. The inconsistency is obvious. But this is not the only instance of inconsistency. If the RBI's rate increases are to work to contain inflation they would do so by curbing demand including the speculative demand for food articles. This would adversely impact growth, especially since the government is committed to cutting back on its fiscal deficit. So clearly, in the desperate rush to implement price decontrol as part of economic reform, the government is willing to sacrifice growth even while contributing to inflation. The RBI is less blatant on this count as well and has decided to sustain easy liquidity conditions even while hiking rates, introducing another element of inconsistency into the policy environment.
In sum, those who are willing to borrow at higher interest rates would be able to access credit. Such borrowers are unlikely to be borrowers looking for finance for productive investment or those wanting to borrow to sustain consumption. High cost borrowers are most likely to be speculators who expect to recover the marginal cost increase with higher returns.
So the strategy of limiting inflation being adopted by the RBI is being diluted, to support a feeble effort to sustain the recovery that the economy has experienced.
These moves affecting growth and inflation in contradictory ways have adverse distributive implications. Inflation hurts the poor by eroding real incomes, especially when it affects food articles and essential commodities entering the consumption basket of these sections.
On the other hand, higher interest rates benefit financial investors and do not harm the well to do looking to borrow, since the latter can bear the increased cost so long as they have access to the liquidity they need. This obviously means that the internally inconsistent policy stance of the government and the central bank is also regressive in terms of its likely outcomes. The government is not just unconcerned about inflation or growth, it seems to be indifferent to the distributive implications of its policies. In a country overwhelmed by poverty and deprivation this is not just apathetic but plain callous. Strangely, even the financial markets do not seem to approve.
Keywords: fuel price hike, economic reform, policy making
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Email this storyAssassination overshadows Krishna visit (Pakistan Diary)
Sify - Jul 14, 2010... a Baloch leader and retaliatory street violence all over Balochistan overshadowed the visit by Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna to Pakistan. ...
Terrorism should be focus of Indo-Pak talks: BJP
Daily News & Analysis - 47 minutes ago... minister SM Krishna for not defending home secretary GK Pillai when he was being "openly castigated" by Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi. ...
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India, Pak must work together for regional peace: Zardari
Sify - 8 hours agoDuring a meeting with Indian Foreign Minister SM Krishna here, Zardari said that the development of the region depends on cordial and cooperative ties ...
Development depends on friendly Pak-India ties: Zardari The News International
Menon's Visit Builds on Recent Thaw in India-China Ties World Politics Review
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India selective in its approach, says Pakistan
Times of India - 5 hours ago... talks can move forward," Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi told reporters, a day after his meeting with his Indian counterpart SM Krishna. ...
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Kashmir Valley tense as protests continue
Asian Age - 8 hours agoOn a day when talks between external affairs minister SM Krishna and his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi in Islamabad were seeing a "constructive ...
India re-imposes curfew in Kashmir Press TV
Sidelining Kashmir led to failed Indo-Pak dialogue: Mirwaiz Hindustan Times
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Krishna, Qureshi meeting would benefit region: US
Oneindia - 6 hours ago... the meeting between External Affairs Minister SM Krishna with his Pakistan counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi as the one which would benefit the region. ...
Krishna should raise Hindu attack issue with Pak: VHP
Hindustan Times - Jul 14, 2010... Wednesday requested External Affairs Minister SM Krishna, who is on a three-day visit to that country, to raise the matter with Pakistani authorities. ...
Krishna should raise Hindu attack issue with Pak: VHP
Hindustan Times - Jul 14, 2010... Wednesday requested External Affairs Minister SM Krishna, who is on a three-day visit to that country, to raise the matter with Pakistani authorities. ...
Lack of preparation hampered Indo-Pak talks
Rediff - 4 hours agoExternal Affairs Minister SM Krishna [ Images ] and his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi held discussions that lasted for nearly six hours in ...
The Hindu
Kabul meet: India to back any move for peace in Afghanistan
The Hindu - Jul 11, 2010PTI The Hindu External Affairs Minister SM Krishna. The upcoming Kabul conference is expected to see India expressing support for any reintegration move ...
Amid Pakistani moves, Krishna to attend Kabul meet Sify
India to back any move for peace in Afghanistan Oneindia
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Tamil delegation from Sri Lanka meets S M Krishna in New Delhi
Sify - Jul 8, 2010SM Krishna, India's Foreign Minister met the parliamentary delegation from Sri Lanka's Tamil National Alliance (TNA) in New Delhi. ...
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Afghan dimension of Pak's pitch for peace with India
Hindustan Times (blog) - Jul 13, 2010SM Krishna's biggest challenge since he assumed the reins of the Indian Foreign Office has arrived. The US-educated politico has faced many a battle at home ...
Indian, Pakistani FMs end talks without breakthrough
Xinhua - Syed Moazzam Hashmi, Yang Lina - 2 hours agoIndian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna and his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that all issues were discussed and both sides agreed to ...
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Pak army chief meets Zardari, Gilani
Daily News & Analysis - Jul 15, 2010... and discussed with them the overall security situation in the country, ahead of external affairs minister SM Krishna's meeting with the two leaders. ...
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Email this storyTo boost ties, Antony heads to Seychelles
Indian Express - 17 hours agoAfter External Affairs Minister SM Krishna, it is now the turn of Defence Minister AK Antony to head south in the Indian Ocean. ...
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Talks to pave way for 'sustained dialogue': FO
Daily Times - Jul 14, 2010... Basit said on Wednesday that the talks between Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and his Indian counterpart SM Krishna will bring positive results. ...
Foreign ministers talks to bring positive results: FO Associated Press of Pakistan
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Pakistan to insist on composite dialogue in talks with S M Krishna
Sify - Jul 7, 2010With an idea of demanding the resumption of composite dialogue instead of one-on-one meetings, Pakistan is likely to raise all contentious issues during the ...
India to focus on terror, 26/11 with Pak Hindustan Times
Krishna to raise terror issue with Pakistan Deccan Herald
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India, Pakistan Pledge Further Engagement
Voice of America - 21 hours agoIn their first meeting since the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said he and his Indian counterpart SM Krishna ...
Indo-Pak foreign ministers begin talks
Economic Times - Jul 14, 2010SM Krishna of India and Shah Mahmood Qureshi of Pakistan began their discussions at the foreign ministry here, a day after the Indian minister flew into ...
NIA seeks non bailable warrants against Saeed, Lakhvi, 4 others
Sify - 22 hours agoThe move came on a day External Affairs Minister SM Krishna held talks with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi in Islamabad and pressed the ...
The Hindu
Groundwork for Obama visit begins
Himalayan Times - 10 hours agoNEW DELHI: The usual hype over India-Pakistan parleys, with India's External Affairs Minister SM Krishna visiting Islamabad for the first bilateral ...
Search for a 'big idea' ahead of Obama's visit in Nov Times of India
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Antony to visit Seychelles, defence cooperation on agenda
Sify - Jul 12, 2010Close on the visit by External Affairs Minister SM Krishna, Defence Minister AK Antony will be in Seychelles for a two-day trip beginning July 18 for talks ...
India Today
Indo-Pak talks: Krishna, Qureshi hunt for middle ground
India Today - Saurabh Shukla - Jul 15, 2010India and Pakistan have been working to reach a middle ground on contentious issues ahead of Thursday's talks between External Affairs Minister SM Krishna ...
Quest for new portfolios
Express Buzz - Jul 13, 2010Commerce minister Anand Sharma would be too pleased to shift to South Block to replace SM Krishna, while Ghulam Nabi Azad, the senior-most Muslim face, ...
Shahbaz, Asfandyar & Sattar to meet Krishna today
South Asian News Agency (SANA) - 20 hours ago... of Muttahida Qaumi Movement Dr Farooq Sattar will hold separate meetings with Indian Foreign Minister SM Krishna here in Islamabad today (Friday). ...
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Gilani hopes India-Pakistan talks are fruitful
Hindustan Times - Jul 13, 2010Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna will travel to Islamabad July 15. "The willingness to ume the stalled dialogue presents a win-win situation for ...
Indo-Pak talks to pave way for structured dialogue: Gilani Times of India
Pakistani PM hopes fruitful talks with India People's Daily Online
Strategic dialogue to build broad based Pak-US ties: Gilani Associated Press of Pakistan
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BJP hits out at Qureshi, but disappointed with Krishna too
Sify - 43 minutes agoThe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday criticised the remarks by Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi about External Affairs Minister SM Krishna ...
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Krishna refutes Qureshi's allegation, says got no phone call Hindustan Times
Qureshi's comments disappointing: former Pak FM IBNLive.com
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Email this storyKrishna, Qureshi meeting would benefit region: US
Oneindia - 6 hours ago... the meeting between External Affairs Minister SM Krishna with his Pakistan counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi as the one which would benefit the region. ...
India selective in its approach, says Pakistan
Times of India - 5 hours ago... talks can move forward," Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi told reporters, a day after his meeting with his Indian counterpart SM Krishna. ...
Terrorism should be focus of Indo-Pak talks: BJP
Daily News & Analysis - 48 minutes ago... minister SM Krishna for not defending home secretary GK Pillai when he was being "openly castigated" by Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi. ...
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:. Indo-Pak talks failure due to Kashmir: Mirwaiz
Kashmir Watch - 1 hour agoSrinagar: On a day when Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said India wasn't prepared for the dialogue with Imamabad, Chairman Hurriyat ...
Kashmir Valley tense as protests continue Asian Age
Thousands of Kashmiris stage sit-in Press TV
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Pak 'jittery' over UN response to Qureshi's objections on BB murder probe
Sify - Jul 15, 2010... Shah Mehmood Qureshi letter in which he had criticised the UN inquiry commission which probed former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's assassination. ...
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Indian, Pakistani FMs end talks without breakthrough
Xinhua - Syed Moazzam Hashmi, Yang Lina - 2 hours agoIndian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna and his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that all issues were discussed and both sides agreed to ...
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Talks to pave way for 'sustained dialogue': FO
Daily Times - Jul 14, 2010ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said on Wednesday that the talks between Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and his Indian counterpart SM ...
Foreign ministers talks to bring positive results: FO Associated Press of Pakistan
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Indo-Pak foreign ministers begin talks
Economic Times - Jul 14, 2010SM Krishna of India and Shah Mahmood Qureshi of Pakistan began their discussions at the foreign ministry here, a day after the Indian minister flew into ...
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Krishna begins 3-day visit to Pak today
GreaterKashmir.com (press release) - Jul 13, 2010Krishna's 3-day visit to hold talks with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi, will focus on humanitarian issues such as people-to-people contact, ...
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Lack of preparation hampered Indo-Pak talks
Rediff - 4 hours agoExternal Affairs Minister SM Krishna [ Images ] and his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi held discussions that lasted for nearly six hours in ...
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Email this storyIndia, Pakistan Pledge Further Engagement
Voice of America - 21 hours agoIn their first meeting since the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said he and his Indian counterpart SM Krishna ...
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Indo-Pak talks: Krishna, Qureshi hunt for middle ground
India Today - Saurabh Shukla - Jul 15, 2010... on contentious issues ahead of Thursday's talks between External Affairs Minister SM Krishna and his counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi in Islamabad. ...
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Dialogue process should be made irreversible: Qureshi
The Hindu - Jun 29, 2010PTI AP Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi. External Affairs Minister SMKrishna will hold discussions with Qureshi next month to push the ...
Pakistan to take steps in response to Indian war doctrine: Qureshi Daily Times
Kashmir resolution as per Kashmiri wishes: Qureshi GreaterKashmir.com (press release)
Pak needs to improve its relations with India: Qureshi Press Trust of India
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'There should be no selective efforts against terror'
Sify - Jul 14, 2010Ahead of his meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi, External Affairs Minister SM Krishna said the trial here of seven accused in the ...
Pakistan slams India's 'selective' approach
Indian Express - 6 hours agoOne day after the much anticipated Indo-Pak talks, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has slammed India calling it's approach selective. ...
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Refuge of Iran scientist's in Pakistani Embassy yet to be confirmed: FM
Online - International News Network - Jul 13, 2010ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that the report of Iran scientist's refuge in Pakistan Embassy in Washington has not been ...
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Talks a step forward: Qureshi
Sify - Jun 24, 2010Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi Thursday described the Pakistan-India foreign sceretary-level talks here as 'a step forward' in resuming the ...
An opportunity to talk to each other and not at each other: Nirupama Rao The Hindu
Pak for Resolving Outstanding Issues with India: Qureshi Outlook
Hague hopes Sino-Pak N-ties to respect rules The News International
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UN will not reopen Benazir assassination probe
Hindustan Times - Jul 8, 2010In a letter addressed to UN Secretary General on June 23, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi took objection to the repeated but unevidenced ...
Pak govt objects UN report on Bhutto assassination Deccan Herald
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Pakistan rejects UN report on BB murder The Nation, Pakistan
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All issues to be discussed in talks with India: Qureshi
Sify - Jun 20, 2010Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi Sunday said all issues, including water and terrorism, will be discussed in the forthcoming talks with India, ...
Qureshi defends Pak-Iran gas pipeline deal Khaleej Times
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Pakistan won't violate int'l law if Iran sanctions affect gas project: Qureshi Daily Times
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Sino-Pak nuclear reactors open to IAEA inspection: Qureshi
Economic Times - Jul 2, 2010ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has reiterated that the agreement with China for setting up of two nuclear reactor is in ...
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Water, energy, documentation key areas for economic boost: FM Associated Press of Pakistan
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US identifies LeT as group behind 26/11 carnage
Sify - 8 hours agoIt is pertinent to mention here that Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, on Thursday, had said that Islamabad has taken note of the additional ...
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India, Pakistan ministers talk for first time since Mumbai tragedy
The Voice of Russia - Jul 15, 2010Indian foreign minister SM Krishna (R) and his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi (2 L) during their meeting at the Pakistani foreign ministry in ...
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'Do not pre-judge outcome of talks with Pakistan'
Sify - Jul 8, 2010New Delhi: A week before he meets Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, External Affairs Minister SM Krishna on Thursday struck a realistic note ...
Do not pre-judge outcome of talks with Pakistan: Krishna Mangalorean.com
Indo-Pak talks will aim at reducing trust deficit: Krishna Oneindia
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I would like to play game of tennis with Qureshi, says Krishna
Newstrack India (blog) - Jul 14, 2010... External Affairs Minister SM Krishna said in lighter vein that he would like to play tennis match with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi. ...
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UN rejects Pak objections over commission's Benazir murder report
Oneindia - Jul 14, 2010Responding to the objections raised in a letter by Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Ki-moon said he fully backs the UN's three man committee which ...
Findings Of Benazir Commission Final: Ban RTT News
Pak urging UN not to go tough over denunciation of BB murder report The Nation, Pakistan
UN rejects govt stance on Benazir report DAWN.com
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India, Pak should build on progress made in any area: Qureshi
Hindustan Times - Jun 30, 2010... in any issue including Kashmir and look at ways to make progress where it has not been achieved, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said. ...
Pak to corner India on HR abuse in JK Rising Kashmir
Reactors will be open for IAEA inspection: Qureshi The Express Tribune
Pakistan To Raise 'Human Rights Violations' In Indian Kashmir RTT News
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NIA seeks non bailable warrants against Saeed, Lakhvi, 4 others
Sify - 22 hours agoThe move came on a day External Affairs Minister SM Krishna held talks with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi in Islamabad and pressed the ...
Trouble in J&K being instigated from across border: Army Chief
MyNews.in - Jul 13, 2010... hours ahead of External Affairs Minister SM Krishna's visit to Islamabad for crucial round of talks with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi, ...
Time for peace has come, says Pakistan minister
Buzz 7 - Jul 15, 2010... India's External Affairs Minister SM Krishna, who arrived here Wednesday on a three-day visit, and his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi. ...
Curfew re-imposed in Srinagar, six injured in clashes
Hindustan Times - 8 minutes agoCurfew was re-imposed and strictly enforced in Srinagar city and many other districts of Kashmir on Friday as the state government feared protests in response to separatists "Batamaloo chalo (march)" called to pay tributes to four persons, ...
Protesters clash with forces in Indian Kashmir
The Associated Press - Aijaz Hussain - 51 minutes agoSRINAGAR, India — Hundreds of anti-India protesters clashed with police and paramilitary soldiers after Friday prayers despite a rigid curfew being reimposed in most of Kashmir following weeks of unrest that has killed 15 people. ...
Curfew Reimposed in Indian Kashmir
Voice of America - 52 minutes agoPhoto: AP Indian security forces have reinstated a strict curfew across most of Indian-controlled Kashmir to prevent anti-India protests plaguing the divided region. Police and paramilitary forces patrolled the streets of the main city of Srinagar ...
Sidelining Kashmir led to failed Indo-Pak dialogue: Mirwaiz
Hindustan Times - 30 minutes agoModerate All Parties Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday claimed that "sidelining the Kashmir problem" at the foreign ministers-level talks between India and Pakistan on Thursday "once again lead to failed dialogue between the ...
Two dozen injured in Kashmir clashes
Sify - 47 minutes agoDespite curfew in capital Srinagar and other major towns of the Kashmir Valley to thwart a separatist march here Friday, mobs indulged in stone pelting at security forces at many places resulting in injuries to two dozen people. ...
The Valley will accept a client regime no more
Tehelka - Prem Shankar Jha - 1 hour agoKASHMIR IS in the early stages of an intifada. The home minister dismissed the upsurge of anger in the Valley in June by accusing the Lashkar-e-Toiba of being behind the stone pelters. What no one seems to have realised is that the decision of Kashmiri ...
'Martyrdom' sparks schoolboy revolt in Kashmir
The Australian - Rhys Blakely - 50 minutes agoA masked protester shouts freedom slogans in Pampore, near Srinagar, in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Picture: AP Source: AP HE was just another schoolboy carrying a backpack of books when he left his home in Srinagar, Kashmir, last month. ...
Hurriyat dismayed at outcome of Indo-Pak talks
NDTV.com - 3 hours agoPTI, Updated: July 16, 2010 17:31 IST Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference on Friday voiced its dismay at India and Pakistan not making much headway at the talks between their foreign ministers, saying the outcome has left people in the Kashmir valley ...
Protesters, police face off on streets of Kashmir
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Curfew clamped in Batmaloo, Sopore
The Hindu - Jul 12, 2010PTI The Hindu People watch an event to mark Martyrs' Day at the martyrs' graveyard in Srinagar, on Tuesday. Photo: Nissar Ahmad Curfew was on Tuesday clamped in Batmaloo area of Srinagar and Sopore town while prohibitory orders remained in force in the ...
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| http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?266145 Unfinished stories, goes an old idiom in Ajmer, find their denouement in Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti's shrine. Perhaps, unfinished investigations do too. Two-and-a-half years after low-intensity blasts ripped apart the courtyard of the centuries-old shrine, the Rajasthan police arrested three men—Devendra Gupta, Vishnu Prasad and Chandrashekhar Patidar. Gupta, an RSS worker, was suspected to have bought the mobile phone and SIM card that triggered off the October 2007 blast in which three were killed. Till their arrest on April 30 this year, the story narrated by the investigators, lapped up by the establishment and reiterated in large sections of the media was that the Ajmer blast was the handiwork of jehadi terrorists.
In Hyderabad too, the CBI team believes it is on the right track, finally, in the Mecca Masjid bomb blasts case. Four men belonging to radical Hindu groups were arrested this May for triggering a high-intensity bomb that went off in the masjid complex in May 2007, killing 14 and injuring some 50. At that time, the Hyderabad police had said it was most likely the work of the Harkat-ul-Jehad-e-Islami (HuJI), backed by local logistical support; some 26 Muslim men were picked up, interrogated, forced to confess and detained for up to six months.
Around the same time, officers of the National Investigating Agency (NIA) filed a chargesheet in a Panjim court accusing 11 people, all Hindus and members of the ultra-right-wing Sanathan Sanstha, of masterminding and executing the October 2009 Margao blasts that killed the two people ferrying the explosives to a local festival. Investigation in Pune's German Bakery blast this February has run aground after the initial suspicion, detaining and interrogation of suspected Muslim men, some believed to be members of "sleeper cells of jehadi groups" or the Indian Mujahideen (IM). When Abdul Samad was arrested last month, the Maharashtra ATS actively encouraged the understanding that he was the man caught on CCTV cameras in the bakery that night. However, Samad was never charged with the blast and subsequently let off in other cases too.
Terror trails in India dramatically changed with the Malegaon blasts investigation in September-October 2008. Led by then Maharashtra ATS chief Hemant Karkare, who was subsequently killed on the night of 26/11, the investigation pointed to Abhinav Bharat (AB), an ultra-right-wing Pune-based organisation established in 2005-06, and its members or affiliates. What Karkare's teams managed to uncover is part of recent history and should have become the basis of examining and monitoring the new phenomenon of Hindutva terror but didn't.
However, till May-June this year, the establishment did not either see these warning signals or chose to ignore them—except for a brief two-month period in 2008 when Karkare led the Malegaon probe. Now, it may be difficult to sustain the denial. "For the last 10 years, stories about Hindu right-wing violence have been trickling out. Instead of a systematic investigation, there has been an event-to-event investigation. The larger story has remained underinvestigated and under-reported," says Mumbai advocate and human rights campaigner Mihir Desai. The CBI is only now seeking directions from the Union home ministry to see the Ajmer, Mecca Masjid, Malegaon and other blasts in conjunction after there has been no conclusive evidence of the involvement of Islamic groups.
The 4,528-page chargesheet filed in the Malegaon case offers insight into the grand design of the Abhinav Bharat and its affiliates. Purohit, the Sadhvi and others had spoken to one another "to avenge bomb attacks on Hindu shrines" and had engineered a series of blasts with the larger ambition to establish a "separate Hindu rashtra". Abhinav Bharat—whose original avatar was started by Veer Savarkar, later disbanded, and restarted by Himani Savarkar—was set up to achieve this ambition. "This organised crime syndicate," states the chargesheet, "wanted to adopt a national flag, that is, a solo-themed saffron flag with a golden border...with an ancient golden torch."
The Rajasthan ATS now believes that Devendra Gupta, linked to the Ajmer blasts, was in touch with AB members through RSS pracharak Sunil Joshi. Providing the other end of the link, the Maharashtra ATS says the Sadhvi, enraged when Joshi was killed by suspected SIMI activists in September 2007, ordered the 2008 Malegaon blast. Joshi has also been linked to the Samjhauta Express blasts which killed 68 people, all Pakistanis. The evidence has come from Purohit's reported phone conversation as narrated by an unnamed witness.
Yet, the story has several loose ends, most critical among them being fugitives Ramnarayan Kalsangra, Swami Aseemanand and others. Kalsangra, investigators in Maharashtra and Rajasthan say, was introduced to Devendra Gupta by the Sadhvi and is believed to be an expert at assembling bombs. Finding Kalsangra is crucial since all accused in custody have named him as "the man". Ajmer, Mecca Masjid, Malegaon, Samjhauta Express and several other blasts are clearly part of a larger story. Only when the CBI puts all the pieces together will the entire Hindutva terror picture emerge, if at all. By Smruti Koppikar with Debarshi Dasgupta and Snigdha Hasan |
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