Pakistan rejects Indian allegations on cross-border terrorism

September 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna will only discuss the issue of terror with Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi when the two meet in New York Sep 27, authoritative sources said Wednesday.

July 30th, 2009 Indo-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI - Ruling out war as an option, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Thursday reinforced Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's position that there was no alternative but to keep talking to Pakistan but made it clear that there was no surrender by the government on the issue of combating cross-border terrorism. “Neither have we succumbed to terrorism nor will we stop talking,” Mukherjee told the Lok Sabha during a debate on issues arising from the prime minister's foreign visits, including his trip to Egypt where he met Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani.

June 30th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has ruled out any possibility of shifting its troops from the eastern Indian border to the western border with Afghanistan. Addressing a joint press conference with the ISPR spokesman Major General Athar Abbas here, Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said Pakistan will not remove its military from the Indian border and deploy it along the western border with Afghanistan.

June 17th, 2009 ON BOARD AIR INDIA ONE - With India putting Pakistan on the defensive over cross-border terrorism, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said President Asif Ali Zardari did not raise the Kashmir issue during his discussions with him in Russia. "No discussion on Kashmir took place.

June 3rd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has said that it would not shift its forces from the Indian border to the western border along Afghanistan. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that it is impossible for Islamabad to reduce the number of troops from the Indian border, and the international community especially the western countries are aware of the fact.

April 3rd, 2009 AMRITSAR - Pakistani security authorities Friday allowed the Amritsar-Lahore-Nankana Sahib peace bus between the two countries to enter its territory, but the bus did not have any passengers. Border Security Force (BSF) officials at the Attari border, 30 km from here, said that the bus was allowed to cross the international border gates with only its crew on board.

April 2nd, 2009 AMRITSAR - Uncertainty prevails over the India-Pakistan peace bus being allowed to enter Pakistani territory Friday by authorities in that country in the wake of the recent terrorist strikes near Lahore. The Amritsar-Lahore 'Punjab-Aab' bus will leave this city for its journey till Lahore city in Pakistan, 55 km from here, Friday.

March 30th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said that the State carried out the Lal Mosque operation. In July 2007, around Lal Masjid area of Islamabad, a confrontation between Islamic militants and Pakistan Government broke out.

March 30th, 2009 LAHORE - Indicating the frequent US interference in Pakistan, former Pakistan President General (r) Pervez Musharraf has said that no outsider had any right to cross the border into Pakistan, and serious notice must be taken of any such actions. Speaking to media at Islamabad airport before leaving for China on a 10-day visit, he said US forces must not stage drone attacks in Pakistan, as Pakistan is a sovereign country.

February 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Pakistani Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi has assured the US that his country will work with Washington to fight terrorism. Qureshi met US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Tuesday as part of a series of meetings this week in Washington, and as the US is engaged in a strategic review of the situation in Afghanistan and cross border raids from Pakistan.

February 23rd, 2009 KOLKATA - India Sunday said Islamabad's peace deal with the Taliban militia in the troubled Swat Valley of North West Frontier Province in Pakistan was a 'matter of concern'. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a programme at the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said, 'There should be no compromise with terrorist organisations like the Taliban.' 'Islamabad's deal with Taliban is a matter of concern,' he said.

February 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India would 'spare no efforts in tackling the multi-dimensional challenges of terror', Minister for External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee said here Thursday. Addressing a meeting of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), Mukherjee said: 'Security has been a concern… There are multidimensional challenges before us.' He pointed out that 'terrorists from Pakistan' had targeted 'financial centres' and the economy.

February 5th, 2009 AMRITSAR - India's Border Security Force (BSF) Friday arrested a Chinese national from the Attari land border check post for trying to cross into Pakistan from India without valid travel documents. The BSF handed over the man, identified as Alimu, to the Punjab police.

January 2nd, 2009 SHILLONG - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday asked Pakistan to hand over the perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attacks so that they can be tried in India, even as he stressed that war cannot be a solution. 'War is no solution to solve the problems and we want better sense to prevail on Pakistan by handing over those perpetrators and criminals so that they can be tried in India,' the prime minister told reporters here after inaugurating the 96th Indian Science Congress.

December 22nd, 2008 NEW DELHI - UTV Software Communications Tuesday temporarily deferred all deals with Pakistan in an endeavour to support the Indian government in demanding stricter action against terrorism emanating from across the border. The UTV has decided not to release any of its forthcoming films in the neighbouring market until the issue was satisfactorily resolved.