Breaking News : Political leadership taken into confidence on India talks: PM

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Political leadership taken into confidence on India talks: PM

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Updated on: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 7:11:41 PM
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LAHORE: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Tuesday said that the leadership of all political forces in the country had been taken into confidence on the dialogue process with India.

“I personally called up PML-N Chief Nawaz Sharif, PML-Q Chief Ch Shujaat Hussain, Governor Sindh Ishrat ul Ibad, PTI Chief Imran Khan, Maulana Fazal ur Rehman, Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao, and the FATA leader Munir Khan Aurakzai”, he said during a meeting with Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar at the State Guest House.

The Premier said the political leadership had reposed confidence in the initiation of dialogue process with India and assured its support and cooperation in this regard.

He said he also telephoned JI, ANP and PML-F leadership to take them on board on the Pak-India dialogue process but they could not be contacted immediately.

Gilani asked the Foreign Minister to open sustainable, constructive dialogue process with all the neighbouring countries in the region for durable peace. SAMAA
 
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Teaching’ Pakistan India not enemy: Dempsey
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US chief of staff-designate pledged on Tuesday to press Pakistan to rein in extremists.

He said that the war partner falsely considered India to be its top enemy. General Martin Dempsey, answering questions from senators at his confirmation hearing, said that he would urge Pakistan not to eliminate the safe haven enjoyed by militants in its lawless areas bordering Afghanistan.

Dempsey told the Senate Armed Forces Committee that he will "continue to work with Pakistan to reduce the safe haven on the (Pakistan-Afghanistan) border."

"As you know, they persist in the idea that India poses an existential threat to their existence while the terrorists that operate with some impunity in North West Frontier Province and FATA are less of a threat to them, and therefore they allocate their resources accordingly," he said, referring to two parts of Pakistan.

The United States is working to convince Pakistan that extremists in the West are "as great a threat and probably a greater threat to them than any threat that India might pose," he said.

Dempsey, who led troops through insurgency in Iraq, was nominated by President Barack Obama to succeed Admiral Mike Mullen as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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We should not be held hostage to history: Hina Khar
NEW DELHI - 26th
By APP
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Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said that Pakistan wants friendly relations with all its neighbouring countries in the region and harbours animosity towards none.
Talking to the media at Lahore airport before her departure for New Delhi to take part in the July 27 Pak-India ministerial meetings here Tuesday, she said that Pakistan and India both wanted durable peace in the region which was vital for development and prosperity in both neighbouring nations.The foreign minister said that the dialogue process had resumed between the two countries after its suspension in the aftermath of the Mumbai attacks, adding both countries were committed to result-oriented dialogue.
Khar said that the bilateral dialogue enjoyed the backing of President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, PML-Q President Ch Shujaat Hussain as well as all opposition leadership including PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif and Maulana Fazlur Rehman.
To a query, she said the upcoming minister level dialogue would yield positive results; expressing hope the dialogue would achieve a breakthrough.
To another query, the minister said the Kashmiri leadership should be involved in the dialogue on Kashmir to make the process credible and result-oriented.
Responding to a question, she said that history should not be a burden but a motivator and “we should pin hopes on the future outcome”.
“The bilateral dialogue is being held on equal footing and all longstanding issues including Kashmir will be taken up at the dialogue”, the minister added.
The minister said that Pakistan believed in the resolution of the Kashmir issue as per wishes of Kashmiris for the right to self-determination in the light of UN resolutions, adding that Pakistan’s stance on the Kashmir issue was quite clear to the world.
Khar said that terrorism was an international phenomenon, stressing that Pakistan had suffered most for being the frontline ally in the war against terror.
The foreign minister said that the engagement at the minister’s level would augur well and resolve problems in both countries, adding that all outstanding issues including Kashmir related confidence building measures would be discussed during the meeting with her Indian counterpart S M Krishna.
 
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