Pakistan on Thursday clarified its stance for talks with India saying there would be no talks with India without the ‘all important Kashmir Issue’ included in the agenda.
“Pakistan will also not accept any pre-conditions for talks with India,” Foreign Office spokesman Syed Qazi Khalilullah said during a weekly news briefing. The spokesman added that there is no proposal under consideration for a meeting between national security advisers of India and Pakistan on the sidelines of UN General Assembly meeting.
Answering a question about agreement between Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and the Afghan intelligence outfit National Directorate of Security (NDS), Khaliullah said that it is up to the Afghan government to decide how to proceed on with the vital agreement signed for security cooperation between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Talking about the anti-terror operation within the country, Khalilullah maintained that Pakistan has taken decisive action against all terror groups in North Waziristan without discrimination while also downplaying rumours of Islamic State’s presence on Pakistani soil.
“There are no foot prints of IS in Pakistan however Pakistani security agencies have taken all measures to meet any possible threat from the terrorist group,” said the spokesman.
