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India had 'paused' a slow-moving peace process with Pakistan after last November's Mumbai attacks. The paper quoted experts in India as saying that the release of Saeed was a setback to resumption of peace talks, but resuming them is the only way forward to resolve years of mistrust and conflict over the Kashmir issue.
'India would probably have begun talking to Pakistan sooner, if Saeed was not released,' Amulya Ganguli, a political commentator, said in New Delhi. 'One must understand that there is also huge pressure on India from the United States to resume the dialogue,' he said.
India's mammoth April/May general election also diverted politicians from attention to the Pakistan issue. 'What the foreign minister said today was expected, ever since the election got over, the Indian side has been looking to review their whole Pakistan policy,' said Siddharth Varadarajan, strategic affairs editor of The Hindu.
'The longer you suspend the dialogue, the greater are chances of pressure on you, rather than Pakistan.' On the other hand, The Nation said India on Wednesday officially conveyed to Pakistan its disappointment over the release of Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed.
The views were put forth by Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon when Pakistan's High Commissioner Shahid Malik met him here. "India conveyed its disappointment at the release of Saeed," Menon told reporters after the meeting.
Shahid Malik urged India to provide English translation of the Mumbai attacks evidence. The Pakistani envoy told Menon about the actions the Pakistan government has taken against the perpetrators of the Mumbai attack. He also reiterated his request that some of the evidence given by India to Pakistan which was originally in Marathi could be translated into English and sent back.
'India would probably have begun talking to Pakistan sooner, if Saeed was not released,' Amulya Ganguli, a political commentator, said in New Delhi. 'One must understand that there is also huge pressure on India from the United States to resume the dialogue,' he said.
India's mammoth April/May general election also diverted politicians from attention to the Pakistan issue. 'What the foreign minister said today was expected, ever since the election got over, the Indian side has been looking to review their whole Pakistan policy,' said Siddharth Varadarajan, strategic affairs editor of The Hindu.
'The longer you suspend the dialogue, the greater are chances of pressure on you, rather than Pakistan.' On the other hand, The Nation said India on Wednesday officially conveyed to Pakistan its disappointment over the release of Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed.
The views were put forth by Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon when Pakistan's High Commissioner Shahid Malik met him here. "India conveyed its disappointment at the release of Saeed," Menon told reporters after the meeting.
Shahid Malik urged India to provide English translation of the Mumbai attacks evidence. The Pakistani envoy told Menon about the actions the Pakistan government has taken against the perpetrators of the Mumbai attack. He also reiterated his request that some of the evidence given by India to Pakistan which was originally in Marathi could be translated into English and sent back.
