Diplomacy has prevailed, but Pakistan should take credible action: India

September 13th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - India and Pakistan are likely to start their stalled composite dialogue through backdoor channel diplomacy to resolve outstanding issues, according to a report Sunday. The government is considering to assign responsibilities of backdoor diplomacy to former foreign secretary Riaz Mohammad Khan, the Online news agency reported citing reliable sources in the Pakistani foreign ministry.

August 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD - As Pakistan asked India to share information on fresh terror threats, New Delhi Tuesday said unless Islamabad takes credible action against the 26/11 suspects, it will be "extremely difficult" to resume meaningful talks. India also underlined that it has already "shared solid proof of possible terror attacks" from the Pakistani territory.

August 17th, 2009 India PM: Pakistan terror groups planning attacksNEW DELHI — India's prime minister said Monday there was "credible information" that terrorist groups based in neighboring Pakistan were planning new attacks in the country. After last year's attacks in Mumbai that killed 166 people, India put additional security measures in place but "continued vigilance" was needed, Manmohan Singh said at an internal security meeting in the Indian capital.

July 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP Bhrthruhari Mehtab alleged in the Lok Sabha on Monday, that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had committed a grave blunder by allowing the mention of Balochistan and the delinking terrorism from the dialogue in the joint statement issued after talks with his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani in Egypt earlier this month. Raising the issue during Zero Hour Mehtab said Singh should have shown prudence while having the statement drafted.

July 16th, 2009 Sharm-el-SHEIKH - India and Pakistan Thursday said that dialogue was only answer to promote better neighbourly relations and that terrorism should not be linked to their composite dialogue process. A joint statement issued after talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India and Yousaf Raza Gilani of Pakistan here also agreed that the two countries will share real time credible and actionable information on any future terrorist threat.

July 11th, 2009 ON BOARD AIR INDIA ONE - Credible action is required from Pakistan to deal with terrorists working against India from its territory, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Saturday ahead of his meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani in Egypt next week. "I am looking forward to meeting Prime Minister Gilani (in Egypt).

June 15th, 2009 YEKATERINBERG - India will convey a clear message to Pakistan to take credible action against terrorism when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meets Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari here Tuesday for the first time after the Mumbai attacks. The meeting is more of an ice breaker and it will not lead to an immediate resumption of the dialogue between the two countries, stalled since the Mumbai attacks nearly seven months ago.

May 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The new Indian Minister for External Affairs, S. M. Krishna, said here on Saturday that India was ready to extend its hand of friendship and partnership towards Pakistan, if it displayed a determined and credible action to eradicate the structure of terrorism prevailing in its territory.

May 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Pakistan "must take credible action" to dismantle the infrastructure of terrorism on its soil if it wants to resume dialogue with India, new External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna said here Saturday.

March 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Underlining its opposition to any external role, India Monday said that it will not resume the stalled dialogue process with Pakistan unless there is 'credible action' by Islamabad against the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks and the infrastructure of terrorism on its soil. 'There is no point in setting down time-frame or concrete markers.

March 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Ruling out any mediation by a third party, India Monday made it clear that it will not resume the stalled composite dialogue with Pakistan unless there is 'credible action' by Islamabad against the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks and the infrastructure of terrorism on its soil. India also condemned the terrorist attack in Lahore and described terrorism as 'a menace' to the region.

March 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India expects Pakistan to do justice and punish the terrorists who attacked Mumbai, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Tuesday. Addressing journalists after the release of the Congress manifesto here, Manmohan Singh also said diplomacy should be allowed to succeed vis-a-vis Pakistan.

February 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD - Ruling out war as an option, India Wednesday asked Pakistan to take 'credible and verifiable action' on the Mumbai attacks, even as Islamabad sought the custody of Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone gunman captured during the mayhem, for the trial of other terror strike suspects in its territory. India was quick to react, with External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee saying in New Delhi: 'Let me get the official request, then I will respond'.

February 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India Thursday welcomed as 'positive' Pakistan's probe into 26/11 which said that elements from Pakistan were involved, but reminded Islamabad to take 'credible action' and 'dismantle the infrastructure of terrorism' in its territory. Breaking repeated patterns of denial and obfuscation in the past, Pakistan for the first time has admitted the involvement of its nationals in the terror attack on India - a step that New Delhi described as 'a positive development'.

December 22nd, 2008 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan will act against all those involved in Mumbai's terror attacks in the country if India provides credible evidence of their involvement, a senior official said Tuesday. Rehman Malik, interior advisor to the prime minister, made the remarks at a joint press conference with Interpol secretary general Ronald Noble here.