Indo-pak Peace Process

Amid Pakistan "suspending" peace process with India, the Obama administration has said it encourages both the countries to "engage in direct dialogue" to "reduce tensions" between them.

The Modi government should initiate dialogue with the Congress on Indo-Pak ties and think 'out-of- -the-box' to take the peace process forward, former BJP ideologue Sudheendra Kulkarni said in Jaipur today.

The US today said that it should come as a shock to no one that terrorist groups would try to undermine the Indo-Pak peace process by carrying out attacks, as it encouraged the two countries to continue the dialogue.

Pakistan has said that no terrorist group will be allowed to derail the dialogue process with India.

The moderate separatist group in Jammu and Kashmir today urged the top political brass of India and Pakistan to ensure that "rabble-rousers" in both countries are not allowed to vitiate the "atmosphere of peace" emerging after the recent thaw in Indo-Pak relations.

Describing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's surprise visit to Lahore as a significant development in the ties between India and Pakistan, mainstream American media today said it is likely to add momentum to a tentative reconciliation process between them.

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has stopped his ministers from giving anti-India statements so that the peace process is not hit, an official said.

Pakistan's army chief General Raheel Sharif has arrived in the US for a five-day visit during which he will hold talks with top defence officials on key issues with special focus on the Afghanistan peace process and Indo-Pak ties.

The US has categorically ruled out any role for itself in Indo-Pak peace process unless both the countries jointly ask for it, according to a senior official who asserted that the best way to resolve issues is through direct dialogue between the two neighbours.

The US has made it clear to Pakistan that it must take action against all terror groups without discriminating and also firmly ruled out any role for itself in Indo-Pak peace process unless both the countries jointly ask for it.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will raise the issue of suspended Indo-Pak peace process with President Barack Obama during his US visit next week, Pakistan's National Security Advisor Sartaj Aziz has said.

What Pakistanis think of peace process, the new Modi government.

India's new Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid has before him the gigantic task of not letting singular issues and events "hijack the tenuous peace process" between Pakistan and India, said a Pakistani daily on Wednesday.

Talks between India and Pakistan have reduced the trust deficit and the two sides should step up efforts to create a solid foundation for taking the peace process forward, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said today.

India and Pakistan will have to resolve the "core issue" of Kashmir according to the aspirations of the Kashmiri people if they want to give a boost to the peace process that is set to be resumed after an interregnum of over two years, Pakistan's Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir said on Saturday.Referring to recent public protests in Jammu and Kashm...

Amid Pakistan "suspending" peace process with India, the Obama administration has said it encourages both the countries to "engage in direct dialogue" to "reduce tensions" between them.

The Modi government should initiate dialogue with the Congress on Indo-Pak ties and think 'out-of- -the-box' to take the peace process forward, former BJP ideologue Sudheendra Kulkarni said in Jaipur today.

The US today said that it should come as a shock to no one that terrorist groups would try to undermine the Indo-Pak peace process by carrying out attacks, as it encouraged the two countries to continue the dialogue.

Pakistan has said that no terrorist group will be allowed to derail the dialogue process with India.

The moderate separatist group in Jammu and Kashmir today urged the top political brass of India and Pakistan to ensure that "rabble-rousers" in both countries are not allowed to vitiate the "atmosphere of peace" emerging after the recent thaw in Indo-Pak relations.

Describing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's surprise visit to Lahore as a significant development in the ties between India and Pakistan, mainstream American media today said it is likely to add momentum to a tentative reconciliation process between them.

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has stopped his ministers from giving anti-India statements so that the peace process is not hit, an official said.

Pakistan's army chief General Raheel Sharif has arrived in the US for a five-day visit during which he will hold talks with top defence officials on key issues with special focus on the Afghanistan peace process and Indo-Pak ties.

The US has categorically ruled out any role for itself in Indo-Pak peace process unless both the countries jointly ask for it, according to a senior official who asserted that the best way to resolve issues is through direct dialogue between the two neighbours.

The US has made it clear to Pakistan that it must take action against all terror groups without discriminating and also firmly ruled out any role for itself in Indo-Pak peace process unless both the countries jointly ask for it.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will raise the issue of suspended Indo-Pak peace process with President Barack Obama during his US visit next week, Pakistan's National Security Advisor Sartaj Aziz has said.

What Pakistanis think of peace process, the new Modi government.

India's new Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid has before him the gigantic task of not letting singular issues and events "hijack the tenuous peace process" between Pakistan and India, said a Pakistani daily on Wednesday.

Talks between India and Pakistan have reduced the trust deficit and the two sides should step up efforts to create a solid foundation for taking the peace process forward, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said today.

India and Pakistan will have to resolve the "core issue" of Kashmir according to the aspirations of the Kashmiri people if they want to give a boost to the peace process that is set to be resumed after an interregnum of over two years, Pakistan's Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir said on Saturday.Referring to recent public protests in Jammu and Kashm...