Pak to verify ‘legality’ of fresh Indian dossier on Mumbai attacks: Qureshi

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 27th, 2009 NEW YORK - Pakistan has asked India not to hold back the bilateral talks because of investigation of the Mumbai terror attacks, and assured New Delhi that it has done what was required in the case. India has been pushing Pakistan to act fast and in a transparent manner to ensure that those behind the attacks are brought to justice.

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 13th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Interior Advisor Rehman Malik has said that Islamabad would hand over its response on the latest Indian dossier regarding the Mumbai terror attacks to New Delhi next week. Malik, who chaired a meeting to review the progress of the 26/11 probe, asked the concerned authorities to follow the due process of law and ensure an efficient and transparent investigation to bring the perpetrators to justice.

September 10th, 2009 WASHINGTON - As the US prepared to observe the eighth anniversary of the terror attacks on the World Trade Center and elsewhere, Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram said he was "quite impressed" by what the US has done to counter terror and some of its practices can be applied to Indian cities.

September 10th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said he expects to meet Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna in New York during which discussion will take place on the Mumbai terror attack.

September 5th, 2009 MULTAN - The Government of Pakistan on Saturday claimed that the evidence provided by Government of India regarding the 26/11 Mumbai attacks probe is insufficient and further movement will depend upon India's response. "India's proof is not enough to carry the 26/11 probe.

August 27th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that India should not 'misinterpret' Islamabad's intentions regarding the Mumbai terror attack probe. In an interview with a private television channel, Qureshi said Pakistan is analyzing the dossier handed over to it by New Delhi and would comment on it only after examining it thoroughly.

August 21st, 2009 ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI - Pakistan said Friday an Indian dossier pointing to the alleged involvement of Jamaat-ud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks did not contain anything substantial. The reference apparently was to a document handed over Aug 1 and not the one furnished only hours earlier Friday.

July 25th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - While India has vehemently denied receiving any dossier from Pakistan in Egypt during the Indo-Pak talks on the sidelines of the NAM summit, Pakistan has maintained that it certainly has handed over documents to New Delhi regarding its involvement in Baloch unrest which has the diplomacy of both countries volleying against each other. Pakistani diplomats have termed the documents as "a balanced statement addressing the real issues", while a top Indian diplomat allayed claims of receiving any such document saying no dossier was given by Pakistan on Balochistan.

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.

July 23rd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A meeting between Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton which took place in Phuket, Thailand, has been described as fruitful with both discussing several issues. Addressing a regular press briefing here, Foreign Office spokesperson Abdul Basit said that talks between the two were successful.

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.

February 15th, 2009 MULTAN - Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that India should take this country's questions seriously, otherwise it would be difficult to make further progress in investigations regarding the Mumbai terror attack, Online reported. Talking to mediapersons at Multan airport Sunday, Qureshi said India was changing its statements from time to time which was creating hurdles in the investigations.