Pakistan can wait for meaningful dialogue with India: Qureshi

Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said his country wants a meaningful dialogue with India and can wait for the bilateral dialogue with New Delhi to resume.
Addressing media persons during a press conference in Multan, Qureshi said Pakistan prefers bilateral engagement with India to resolve the long pending water dispute, and the option of international arbitration would be explored only if bilateral talks concerning the issue fails to deliver desired results.
"Pakistan is not in hurry and can wait for meaningful dialogue," Qureshi said.
Responding to a question regarding reports that India had sought the custody of Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed, the alleged mastermind of the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, during the February 25 secretary-level talks, Qureshi said Saeed's name did not figured in the talks.
Qureshi said Pakistan is committed to the trial of the Mumbai attack accused, and added that the legal process was in progress and the case would be decided by the court of law.
On the other hand, surprised over Islamabad's statement that Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief Hafiz Saeed did not figure in the Feb 25 foreign secretary-level talks, India Sunday said the "unhindered freedom" the terrorist chief enjoys in Pakistan was "strongly" raised during the parleys held here.
"India has been demanding action against Saeed, one of the alleged masterminds of the Mumbai terrorist attack, since the barbaric and dastardly attack took place (on Nov 26, 2008)," the official spokesperson of the external affairs ministry said in a statement.
The statement came in response to media reports quoting Pakistan Foreign Minister Qureshi that India has not demanded the arrest of Hafiz Saeed and that the issue did not even figure in the foreign secretary-level talks with Pakistan.
Expressing 'surprise', the spokesperson said: 'A dossier containing a compilation of evidence on the involvement of Hafiz Saeed in the terrorist attack was handed over to Pakistan on Aug 21, 2009, and his name featured prominently in yet another dossier handed over to the Pakistan foreign secretary (Salman Bashir) during the talks Feb 25, 2010.'