Pakistan wants US role in resolving issues with India

August 14th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has reiterated its ad-nauseum stance of resolving the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the UN resolution. Addressing a gathering at Rawalkot, Interior Advisor Rehman Malik said Pakistan People's Party (PPP) has always supported the self-determination right of the Kashmiri's.

August 10th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - British parliamentarian Lord Nazir Ahmed and former Pakistan Kashmir Prime Minister Barrister Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry have accused the Pakistan People's Party (PPP)-led federal government of not doing enough to highlight the Kashmir issue in international forums. Addressing a joint news conference at Mehmood's residence here on Sunday, both claimed that the Kashmir issue was being sidelined and added that it must be forcefully highlighted before the international community.

August 4th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has showered praise on his Indian counterpart Dr. Manmohan Singh, saying that he had no doubt about his sincerity towards the peace process.

July 28th, 2009 ABOHAR - India has time and again stated that Pakistan should stop allow its territory to be used by terrorists against India, before any serious dialogue could commence. Radio Pakistan seems to be worried that forces in Pakistan would continue their terrorist acts, and the possibility of an India-Pakistan dialogue would recede.

July 18th, 2009 MUMBAI - The US does not want to get involved in the India-Pakistan row over Jammu and Kashmir, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in remarks telecast Saturday. Asked by Times Now TV if Washington felt it had a role to play in the decades-old dispute, Clinton said any final decision over Kashmir had to be between India and Pakistan.

July 18th, 2009 NEW YORK - An influential US daily Saturday suggested an ambitious agenda for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in India ranging from a bilateral investment treaty to climate change and Doha trade talks but with "primary focus" on Pakistan. The India-US civil nuclear deal "was supposed to be the start of a beautiful new friendship," the New York Times said in an editorial.

June 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Minister of External Affairs SM Krishna on Friday said India will resume dialogue with Pakistan only if they take concrete measures to prevent terrorist attacks. Talking to reporters here, Krishna said, "There will not be any talks between India and Pakistan unless they take concrete measures to prevent terrorist attacks emanating from Pakistan aimed against India.

June 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India reiterated Thursday the subcontinental dialogue process could not resume unless Pakistan acts credibly against terror directed against this country. There is no change in our position.

May 27th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The United States has said that it is ready to broker bilateral talks between India and Pakistan to resolve some of the long pending issues including that of Kashmir. US Senator Thomas Carper, who is heading a delegation which currently on a visit to Pakistan said Washington is eager to play a role in resumption of Pakistan-India dialogue for resolving all their outstanding issues including the core issue of Kashmir.

April 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Pointing to India's 'critical role' in the region, the US Wednesday clearly stated that it was not pressuring New Delhi on its ties with Islamabad, even as it sought a greater role for this country in Afghanistan. 'The subject (India-Pakistan ties) did not come up,' Richard Holbrooke, the US special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan said at a joint press conference here with Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff, after talks with Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon.

April 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The US Wednesday sought a greater role for India in Afghanistan, at the same time saying it wouldn't pressurise New Delhi on its ties with Pakistan. 'What happens in Afghanistan depends on Pakistan.

April 2nd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan today asked India to continue the composite dialogue process, which was stalled in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks. Addressing a weekly briefing here, Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit emphasised the need that efforts should be made for the resumption of composite dialogue process, as it is the only way forward to resolve the bilateral issues, instead of giving statements in the media.

February 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With Islamabad raising questions about the alleged links between the Samjhauta Express blast and the Mumbai terror attacks, India Monday said Pakistan was trying to rake up 'old' issues but promised to share whatever is possible. 'What they have done, they have raised some questions....

January 8th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Terming the situation on the Pakistan-India border as 'fragile' in the wake of the Mumbai terror strikes, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Friday said this country wants to resolve all issues through dialogue and does not want any escalation in tension. Talking to the media after addressing a seminar here, the prime minister said the situation on the 'eastern border has once again turned fragile'.

January 4th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Monday, while talking to a senior US official, said that his government was ready to cooperate with India in the investigations of the Mumbai terror attacks and wants peace in the region. The prime minister was talking to US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher who called on him Monday to discuss the tension between Pakistan and India and other issues regarding terrorism in the region.