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India-Pakistan
No change in Kashmir policy: Pakistan
2003-05-04
Pakistan on Sunday said it wanted a "meaningful and result-oriented" composite dialogue with India on resolving their disputes, including the core issue of Jammu and Kashmir, and there was no policy change on this, Online news agency reported.
"meaningful and result-oriented" composite dialogue? Can anyone decipher this diplospeak?
No need to decipher it. It means nothing...
Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri was on Saturday quoted by the BBC Hindi service as saying that Pakistan was willing to resume business ties even before resolving the Kashmir dispute. A foreign office spokesman said on Sunday that Kasuri had been misquoted and reported out of context.
Lies, all lies!
He said Pakistan's policy was "quite clear and unambiguous in this regard".
Jihad for J&K!
"It has been reiterated that Pakistan desires a meaningful and result-oriented composite dialogue on all issues including the core issue of Kashmir. There has been no change in this policy," the spokesman said.
Is there an echo in here?
Meanwhile, the president of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir has said that though Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's initiative on restoring peace in the region was welcome, there would be no breakthrough on the Kashmir issue.
Well, nice way to start a dialogue
"We should remain affirm on our just and principled stance on Kashmir and should avoid consider other options regarding its solution", Sardar Muhammad Anwar Khan said during an interactive session with trainee officers at the Information Services Academy.
Set it in stone, hmmm? Only thing that can affect that would be a nuke blast. Heyyyyyyy
Speaking in Lahore, former law minister Khalid Ranjah urged the Indian and Pakistani governments to deploy their resources for poverty alleviation instead of focusing on military activities. Ranjah is the leader of a Pakistani parliamentary delegation that will visit India this week. Contending that peace in the region was in the best interest of both the countries, he said: "We want that both the countries use their resources for poverty alleviation and controlling their population (growth) instead of using them on defence".
we would like you to destroy your defenses, thank you
"And we have more poverty than you, so give us money."
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