All done to resolve India’s relations with Pakistan: PM

October 1st, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan issued a commemorative postage stamp Thursday to mark the 60th anniversary of Communist China, and Beijing's envoy described Sino-Pakistani relations as "higher than the Himalayas, deeper than the Arabian sea and sweeter than honey". Federal Minister for Postal Services Nawabzada Mir Israr Ullah Khan Zehri and China's ambassador Luo Zhaohui unveiled the stamp issued by the Pakistan Post at its headquarters here.

September 28th, 2009 LSLAMABAD - Pakistan will approach the World Bank to request the appointment of a neutral expert to resolve the over the Kishanganga Hydroelectric Project dispute if Indus Water Commission-level talks between India and fail. The Daily Times quoted an official document, as saying that the Pakistan Government has directed its Foreign Office to initiate the process of requesting the appointment to resolve the dispute over the Kishanganga Hydroelectric Project as stipulated in the Indus Water Treaty (IWT).

September 25th, 2009 NEW YORK - President Asif Ali Zardari has said that Pakistan wants peaceful relations with India, and urged resolution of the Kashmir issue, as it is the key to peace in the region. He said the only way forward with India is the dialogue, saying Pakistan hails the resumption of dialogue with India and Pakistan wants friendly relations with its neighbour.

September 24th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has claimed that India is involved in fanning terrorism inside Pakistan even though it has no 'concrete' evidence in this regard. In an interview to a private television channel, Malik claimed that extremists who were apprehended during raids in the Swat Valley have confirmed India's hand in terror activities inside Pakistan.

September 6th, 2009 KARACHI - Stressing the need for resumption of bilateral talks with India, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said Islamabad wants relations with New Delhi on an equal footing. "We want relations with India on an equal basis and it is our resolve that we will not allow our soil to be used for terrorism.

August 20th, 2009 KARACHI - US Special Envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, who is currently on a visit to Pakistan, has said his visit has nothing to do with the Indo-Pak problem, and that he is not in Pakistan to negotiate on the Kashmir issue. In an interview to a private television channel, Holbrooke said it was upto India and Pakistan to resolve the issue bilaterally.

August 5th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that dialogue is the only way to improve Indo-Pak relations, and added that Pakistan is committed to engaging India in a composite dialogue to resolve all issues. "We have to engage to resolve all issues," the Daily Times quoted him, as saying.

June 28th, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani Sunday said a "cordial relationship" with India was not possible until the longstanding Kashmir issue was resolved, the Online news agency reported. "Pakistan has always wanted to have cordial relations with all neighbouring countries including Afghanistan, India and Iran, but talks between India and Pakistan without the resolution of Kashmir issue would be fruitless," Gilani told reporters at Mansoorah.

June 18th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has said on Thursday that in order to solve issues between New Delhi and Islamabad it is necessary for the both countries to restart the stalled peace process. "As far as Pakistan is concerned, obviously, we are very serious and we went to this meeting with all seriousness and with sincerity of purpose," said Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit.

June 16th, 2009 QUETTA - Afghanistan's presidential hopeful Dr Abdullah Abdullah has said that the ongoing military operation against the Taliban in Pakistan proves that "Pakistani territory is being used by the Taliban and their supporters to destabilize Pakistan, Afghanistan and the entire region". Addressing a press conference, Abdullah urged hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees residing in Pakistan to vote for him in the August elections.

June 10th, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said the US move to send 21,000 extra troops to war-ravaged Afghanistan could have serious implications for his country. "Pakistan has talked through political and military ways at all levels to the stakeholders that transferring the problem from Afghanistan to Pakistan will not help resolve the issue," he told reporters in Islamabad on Tuesday.

May 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - An expert on South Asian affairs, Lisa Curtis, has said that Wednesday's terrorist attack in Lahore should not shake Pakistan's resolve to deal with the menace. "The attack demonstrates that Taliban militants are capable of striking anywhere in the country.

May 26th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - India with a new government headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should resume the peace proces with Pakistan, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said. "Cordial and better relations" between Pakistan and India would be not only beneficial for the region but also for the people of both countries, Qureshi said during a meeting with Indian High Commissioner Sharat Sabharwal here Monday.

May 1st, 2009 ISLAMABAD - After the Baglihar Dam issue, Pakistan is considering an approach to the World Bank (WB) to appoint a neutral arbitrator to resolve the Kishanganga water dispute with India. The Pakistan Foreign Office (FO) claims New Delhi has not responded positively to Islamabad's call to resolve the issue amicably, thus forcing it to urge the World Bank to step in.

April 21st, 2009 ISLAMABAD - With India launching its first spy satellite, RISAT-2, to keep an eye on all activities along Pakistan border, experts believe that Pakistan too would initiate a programme to counter the Indian move. Experts are of the view that Pakistan would not remain insensitive over the issue and would soon follow India to boost its surveillance potential.