Pakistan blames India for lack of progress in talks

Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said yesterday that India's "selective" approach to issues has led to what analysts say is a stalemate in talks aimed to build trust shattered by the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
Qureshi and his Indian counterpart S.M. Krishna met in Islamabad on Thursday and agreed on more talks but failed to announce any concrete measures that might soothe tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours.
"I could see from yesterday's talks that they want to be selective. When they say all issues are on the table then they cannot, they should not, be selective," Qureshi told reporters after attending a ceremony for new diplomats in Islamabad.
"Progress in talks can only be possible if we move forward on all issues in tandem."
He said that there had been no resistance from the Pakistani side in the talks.
Security remains India's top concern after the attack on Mumbai by Pakistani militants, which killed 166 people. After Thursday's talks, Krishna repeated New Delhi's call for Islamabad to speed up efforts to bring the perpetrators to justice.
India blames Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants for the attacks, and in remarks published in an Indian newspaper on Wednesday, Indian Home Secretary G.K. Pillai accused Pakistan's main spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), of orchestrating the assault.
India has linked the relaunching of peace talks between the two South Asian rivals with Pakistan's action against the perpetrators of the attack.
But Qureshi warned against India's attitude.
"If we give heed to those issues which they consider important and those issues in which Pakistan is interested are neglected then things cannot move forward," he said.
"They have to sit with an open mind and we have to move forward with an open heart."
Pakistan wants discussions on other issues, including its core dispute with India over the Himalayan region of Kashmir, the cause of two of the three wars between the two countries since independence from Britain in 1947.
He said Pakistan is still ready for talks with India but will wait for a sign from India.
"We're ready to engage. We're ready for negotiations anytime, anywhere but we're not in hurry," Qureshi said.