On 26/11 eve,Pak repeats there can’t be viable peace without solution to Kashmir

Observing a ‘lack of will’ on Pakistan’s part to bring to justice the perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attacks – judicial proceedings have been held up due to repeated hiccups – India has stopped dialogue with the neighbouring country. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently made it clear in the presence of US President Barack Obama that India would not talk unless Pakistan grounds the terror machinery that works on its soil against India.

Pakistan said on Thursday India must show the “courage” to resume parleys to resolve all outstanding issues between the two countries. It said New Delhi “cannot be selective and cherry-pick” the issues it would discuss with that country.

“India’s policy vis-a-vis Pakistan clearly lacks clarity. While they publicly talk of discussing and resolving all bilateral issues through negotiations and dialogue,in actual terms they do not show any political will to walk the talk,” Abdul Basit said.

Responding to a question at the weekly news briefing on the possibility of resumption of the composite dialogue between the two countries,Basit said a solution on Kashmir is imperative.

“We wish India summons up the courage to do what it says.”

The spokesman reiterated Pakistan’s oft-repeated allegations about violations of human rights in Jammu and Kashmir and the “suppression” of the Kashmiri people.

He said Pakistan had “always maintained that all issues between Pakistan and India,including the Kashmir dispute,should be resolved through dialogue”.

India “cannot be selective and cherry-pick” the issues it would discuss with Pakistan,Basit said,making an apparent reference to New Delhi’s call for Islamabad to end terrorism emanating from Pakistani soil that is directed against India.

In response to another question about Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao’s remarks that India needs no lessons from Pakistan regarding the expansion of the UN Security Council,Basit said Rao’s reaction “is off the mark”.

Basit accused India of violating principles enshrined in the UN Charter,the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and several UN resolutions and claimed this was the reason for New Delhi’s “aversion to moral and legal norms”.

Pakistan has also conveyed to America its concerns about “the US expression of support for India’s candidature to become a permanent member of the UN Security Council,” he said.

“India may be a regional or a global power,that does not allow it to keep suppressing the people of Jammu and Kashmir,” he contended.

In response to another query,Basit condemned the attack on Kashmiri leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq in Chandigarh,saying such “staged rowdyism against the Hurriyat leadership only betrays India’s nervousness over the ongoing peaceful demonstrations and strikes” in Jammu and Kashmir.