ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi
today said he was not very hopeful of the ongoing Indo-Pak talks as he
was not expecting any substantive outcome.
“If you decide that
let the two military bands meet, will you call it a substantive
outcome?” Mr Qureshi said, as foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan
held crucial talks here.
“Let’s see what comes out, they are going through the motion,” he said according to PTI.
Mr Qureshi was the foreign minister when external affairs minister Mr SM Krishna visited Islamabad in July last year.
During
the Krishna-Qureshi talks, which were marked by sharp differences,
India was believed to have insisted on Pakistan fulfilling its promises
on bringing to justice those responsible for the terror attacks in
Mumbai before engaging in other areas of bilateral relations. Later, Mr
Qureshi made no secret of his unhappiness when he said, “flexibility on
the Indian side was limited”. Mr Qureshi was removed during a Cabinet
reshuffle in February this year. Online
