I will talk to Indian foreign minister on Mumbai attacks: Qureshi

October 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that the perpetrators of the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks were not Islamabad's friends, and that the activities of terror groups involved in such ghastly terror acts should be 'checked, curtailed and shut'. "Those who carried out the Mumbai terrorist attack that killed 166 innocent people are not friends of Pakistan," Qureshi said.

October 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Calling those who carried out the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks as no friends of Pakistan, its Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said it's in Islamabad's enlightened self-interest to normalise and live in peace with India. The government of Pakistan believes that terror organisations like the one behind the Mumbai attacks "have to be checked, curtailed and shut," he said at the Council of Foreign Relations, a Washington-based think tank, Wednesday.

September 27th, 2009 NEW YORK - Ahead of their crucial talks Sunday, Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna had an informal chat with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi at a working dinner of the SAARC foreign ministers here.

September 14th, 2009 MULTAN - Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that he did not expect to achieve anything greater than "incremental progress" during his talks with his Indian counterpart SM Krishna in New York. Pakistan will adopt a clear stance on all outstanding issues, Qureshi told reporters on Sunday.

September 12th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has a special liking for Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, as the latter gave him a patient hearing when the two leaders had met days before the Mumbai terror attacks.

September 10th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that they will not follow a tit-for-tat policy if India tests a nuclear device. "We will not follow a tit-for-tat policy, but we are fully capable of protecting our national interests," Qureshi said.

August 30th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that India's internal politics was the prime reason behind New Delhi's reluctance to restart the composite peace dialogue. Interacting with media persons at the Foreign Office here, Qureshi said it is evident that India's foreign policy was influenced by its domestic politics.

August 22nd, 2009 MULTAN - Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said Islamabad will respond to the fresh Indian dossier regarding the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks only after examining the document handed over to it on Friday. "Our legal experts will examine the new information to see whether it was legally tenable," The Daily Times quoted Qureshi, as saying.

July 23rd, 2009 PHUKET - Pakistan will take action against the Lashkar-e-Taiba if proof was found of its involvement in the Mumbai terrorist attacks, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said here Thursday. "We will take action against LeT if any proof is found," Qureshi told reporters when asked what action Pakistan planned to take against the perpetrators of the Nov 26 Mumbai carnage.

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.

January 29th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has completed its 'preliminary investigation' into the Mumbai attacks based on the information provided by India and Islamabad would share the findings with New Delhi and the world, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Friday. Speaking to reporters here, the minister said, 'The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) of the interior ministry of Pakistan has completed the preliminary investigation and sent it to the Law Department.' The 'preliminary investigation' was based on information provided by India about the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, he said.

January 19th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Monday that the global community should ask India to resume the dialogue process with Islamabad, Geo TV reported. He made the remarks during a briefing to foreign envoys at the foreign ministry.

January 15th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband Friday said Pakistan should hold 'transparent investigations' into the Mumbai attacks and the culprits should be tried in the country. 'Pakistan should hold transparent investigations into the attacks and the culprits should be tried in Pakistan,' Milband told a press conference at the British High Commission.

January 3rd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi Sunday said his government wanted to revive the peace process with rival India which stalled after the Mumbai terror attacks. Qureshi said the 'unfortunate' Nov 26 terrorist siege in India's financial capital were a grave 'setback' for improving ties between the two neighbours.

January 3rd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Sunday reiterated that it would not handover the suspects of the Mumbai terror attacks in the country. Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi made the remarks while talking to reporters in eastern Multan City.