Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood WormtongueQureshi on Friday said that Pakistain strongly condemns the Mumbai attacks and wishes to see the culprits involved in the incident punished.
He said Pakistain wants friendly relations with India and to resolve all outstanding issues including Kashmire, Siachin, Sir Creek and river water share through dialogue.
Qureshi was talking to newsmen after laying the foundation of a water supply scheme at UC-80, Makhdoom Rasheed, in the rural suburbs of Multan.
He said that Pakistain had exchanged information with India and also given some suggestions in this connection. He termed the news regarding permission for drone strikes in Balochistan as baseless. The Foreign Office has already rejected the news, he said.
To a question about USAID complaint to NAB regarding corruption by NGOs in funds meant for flood-hit people, Qureshi said that the issue was not related to the government. It was government's thinking that funds should be spent through the government to help the flood-hit people, he added.
He said that government would have taken the responsibility and opted for the audit if the funds been spent through it. But funds were spent by NGOs, he added.
Qureshi condemned the attack on Mirwaiz Omar Farooq and said that action should be taken against those involved in it. He said that Kashmireis' struggle was peaceful and termed the attack as an attempt to harm this peaceful struggle.
To a question, he said that matter of reduction in UK visas for Paks was not related to Aasia Bibi's case. Our point of view is clear that no one should be punished without justice.
He said that people who believe in the holy books fully respect last Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PTUI!). He urged the people not to try to settle their personal scores by taking undue advantage of the blasphemy law.