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Away from the media glare and the pageantry of his high-profile visit, US President Barack Obama asked Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to resume the stalled peace process with neighbouring Pakistan during their recent meeting.

A senior official familiar with the development told The Express Tribune on Sunday that Washington has informed through diplomatic channels that Obama “privately encouraged and pushed” Modi to review his approach towards Pakistan.

The US president told Modi that despite ongoing tensions, India must remain engaged with Pakistan. The official, who requested not to be named because of the sensitivity of the issue, said Modi was informed that Pakistan had taken ‘serious steps’ in recent months to eradicate terrorism.

Obama particularly referred to the Pakistan government’s efforts to ensure that Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the alleged mastermind of the November 2008 Mumbai attacks, remains incarcerated.

The official said that the US intervention at the highest level raised the possibility of resumption of talks between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. A diplomatic source claimed that the moribund talks might resume in March.

The US State Department also indicated that Washington was ‘consistently’ encouraging both Islamabad and New Delhi for dialogue.

“We consistently encourage dialogue between India and Pakistan. And obviously, the scope and scale of the process there is up to those countries to determine,” State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki told reporters in Washington last week. However, she refused to comment when pressed whether President Obama had raised the issue with the Indian leadership during his New Delhi trip.

The American reluctance to publicly acknowledge its ‘intervention’ is attributed to the fact that India does not want to be seen taking ‘dictation’ from outside due to domestic compulsions.

International relations expert Dr Ishtiaq Ahmed believes the United States, as a global power, can influence India’s policy vis-a-vis Pakistan.

“In fact the deepening relationship between the US and India is not something really bad for Pakistan,” said Ishtiaq, who is a Jinnah Fellow at the Oxford University London.

He added that India’s ‘dependency’ on the United States, be it defence or nuclear areas, means Americans will have more ‘leverage’ over the administration in New Delhi.

The process of negotiations between Islamabad and New Delhi has remained suspended despite a promising start when Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif attended the swearing-in ceremony of Indian Prime Minister Modi in May last year.

The two neighbours were set to hold foreign secretary level talks in August last year but the Modi government cancelled the meeting at the last moment as a protest over Pakistan high commissioner’s meeting with Kashmiri separatists.

Prospects of normalisation of ties dimmed because of frequent skirmishes between Pakistani and Indian troops along the Line of Control (LoC) and working boundary. The two countries accused each other of initiating the hostilities.
Stalled negotiations: Obama pushed Modi to re-engage with Pakistan – The Express Tribune

Good work done by US president Obama to bring peace and prosperity in the region.
 
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India was and is willing to talk to Pakistan and mend relations. Guess who spoiled the party? The Pakistani High Commissioner to India, Mr Abdul basit who cocked a snook at the Indian request to not engage with the lame duck Hurriyat before the secretary level talks. But he went ahead and screwed up everything.

Pakistan must decide if it wants to engage with the democratic Republic of India or a non entity like the Hurriyat if it is serious about the so called Kashmir dispute. You can't have the cake and eat it too, can you? Taking into account 'the wishes of the Kashmiri people' can come after modalities have been worked out by India and Pakistan.

And the HURRIYAT DOES NOT REPRESENT THE PEOPLE OF KASHMIR. So why is Pakistan hell-bent to talk to them?

Likewise, would Pakistan agree if India's High Commissioner to Pakistan has talks with the representatives of Pak Administered Kashmir?
 
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India was willing to talk with Pakistan. But it chose hurriyat. Pakistan should decide first that with whom she wants to engage.
 
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So the story is by a Pakistani reporter who talked to a Pakistani "official familiar with the development" that "information passed by Washington" that Obama "pushed" Modi to talk to Pakistan.

Very credible, not at all for domestic consumption.
 
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There is no use to talk with Pakistan .Give me one good reason ? Our most important issue is not Kashmir but terrorism. We won't and should not talk until 100% terror free pakistan. Our government is very clear. Because it's of no use. Infact we must be improving our asserts in Pakistan to counter their proxies in India. War must be fought with bullets vs bullets . Same way using proxies is also a kind of war. We must do the same. We can defend from proxies but Pakistan can't afford the loss. Message must be sent clearly. We don't need Pakistan to have trade or peace with us. What ever u want to do . u can. We will take counter measure and will deter it at will.

So the story is by a Pakistani reporter who talked to a Pakistani "official familiar with the development" that "information passed by Washington" that Obama "pushed" Modi to talk to Pakistan.

Very credible, not at all for domestic consumption.
Lol . Pushed Modi ! Hope this will give them some kick in their brains ... Burnoil moment
 
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Just what India is doing?haha ......

You must be pretty stupid if you can answer a question with another question.
Well according to everyone in pdf, bombings in pak are done by us so there we are doing something.
 
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You must be pretty stupid if you can answer a question with another question.
Well according to everyone in pdf, bombings in pak are done by us so there we are doing something.
Bold off topic and irresponsible.Nothing wrong in my post,just one of those things people can't swallow.
 
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Pakistan is getting desperate for talks first Sartaz Aziz admits that the timing of meeting between hurriyat/ex terrorists was not right,then Nawaz pens letter to Modi.

Talk is good for both the countries may be India can export electricity to Pak.
 
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Away from the media glare and the pageantry of his high-profile visit, US President Barack Obama asked Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to resume the stalled peace process with neighbouring Pakistan during their recent meeting.

A senior official familiar with the development told The Express Tribune on Sunday that Washington has informed through diplomatic channels that Obama “privately encouraged and pushed” Modi to review his approach towards Pakistan.

The US president told Modi that despite ongoing tensions, India must remain engaged with Pakistan. The official, who requested not to be named because of the sensitivity of the issue, said Modi was informed that Pakistan had taken ‘serious steps’ in recent months to eradicate terrorism.

Obama particularly referred to the Pakistan government’s efforts to ensure that Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the alleged mastermind of the November 2008 Mumbai attacks, remains incarcerated.

The official said that the US intervention at the highest level raised the possibility of resumption of talks between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. A diplomatic source claimed that the moribund talks might resume in March.

The US State Department also indicated that Washington was ‘consistently’ encouraging both Islamabad and New Delhi for dialogue.

“We consistently encourage dialogue between India and Pakistan. And obviously, the scope and scale of the process there is up to those countries to determine,” State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki told reporters in Washington last week. However, she refused to comment when pressed whether President Obama had raised the issue with the Indian leadership during his New Delhi trip.

The American reluctance to publicly acknowledge its ‘intervention’ is attributed to the fact that India does not want to be seen taking ‘dictation’ from outside due to domestic compulsions.

International relations expert Dr Ishtiaq Ahmed believes the United States, as a global power, can influence India’s policy vis-a-vis Pakistan.

“In fact the deepening relationship between the US and India is not something really bad for Pakistan,” said Ishtiaq, who is a Jinnah Fellow at the Oxford University London.

He added that India’s ‘dependency’ on the United States, be it defence or nuclear areas, means Americans will have more ‘leverage’ over the administration in New Delhi.

The process of negotiations between Islamabad and New Delhi has remained suspended despite a promising start when Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif attended the swearing-in ceremony of Indian Prime Minister Modi in May last year.

The two neighbours were set to hold foreign secretary level talks in August last year but the Modi government cancelled the meeting at the last moment as a protest over Pakistan high commissioner’s meeting with Kashmiri separatists.

Prospects of normalisation of ties dimmed because of frequent skirmishes between Pakistani and Indian troops along the Line of Control (LoC) and working boundary. The two countries accused each other of initiating the hostilities.
Stalled negotiations: Obama pushed Modi to re-engage with Pakistan – The Express Tribune

Good work done by US president Obama to bring peace and prosperity in the region.
what a joke and look at the link and its source ... pakistani establishment is way too desparate to "engage india" but i dont think either PMO, MOD or the MEE is least bid interested NOW

as an old hindi movie song says "tum ko armaan ho to per hame koi armaan nahi"

it was a double pakistani game to engage hurriayat despite repeated pleas by MOD & MEE but they had to show something to there local audience and defiate attention from TAQ & IK dharnas at islamabd and chose to ignoare india now india will ignoare pakistan so live with it
 
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Away from the media glare and the pageantry of his high-profile visit, US President Barack Obama asked Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to resume the stalled peace process with neighbouring Pakistan during their recent meeting.

A senior official familiar with the development told The Express Tribune on Sunday that Washington has informed through diplomatic channels that Obama “privately encouraged and pushed” Modi to review his approach towards Pakistan.

The US president told Modi that despite ongoing tensions, India must remain engaged with Pakistan. The official, who requested not to be named because of the sensitivity of the issue, said Modi was informed that Pakistan had taken ‘serious steps’ in recent months to eradicate terrorism.

Obama particularly referred to the Pakistan government’s efforts to ensure that Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the alleged mastermind of the November 2008 Mumbai attacks, remains incarcerated.

The official said that the US intervention at the highest level raised the possibility of resumption of talks between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. A diplomatic source claimed that the moribund talks might resume in March.

The US State Department also indicated that Washington was ‘consistently’ encouraging both Islamabad and New Delhi for dialogue.

“We consistently encourage dialogue between India and Pakistan. And obviously, the scope and scale of the process there is up to those countries to determine,” State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki told reporters in Washington last week. However, she refused to comment when pressed whether President Obama had raised the issue with the Indian leadership during his New Delhi trip.

The American reluctance to publicly acknowledge its ‘intervention’ is attributed to the fact that India does not want to be seen taking ‘dictation’ from outside due to domestic compulsions.

International relations expert Dr Ishtiaq Ahmed believes the United States, as a global power, can influence India’s policy vis-a-vis Pakistan.

“In fact the deepening relationship between the US and India is not something really bad for Pakistan,” said Ishtiaq, who is a Jinnah Fellow at the Oxford University London.

He added that India’s ‘dependency’ on the United States, be it defence or nuclear areas, means Americans will have more ‘leverage’ over the administration in New Delhi.

The process of negotiations between Islamabad and New Delhi has remained suspended despite a promising start when Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif attended the swearing-in ceremony of Indian Prime Minister Modi in May last year.

The two neighbours were set to hold foreign secretary level talks in August last year but the Modi government cancelled the meeting at the last moment as a protest over Pakistan high commissioner’s meeting with Kashmiri separatists.

Prospects of normalisation of ties dimmed because of frequent skirmishes between Pakistani and Indian troops along the Line of Control (LoC) and working boundary. The two countries accused each other of initiating the hostilities.
Stalled negotiations: Obama pushed Modi to re-engage with Pakistan – The Express Tribune

Good work done by US president Obama to bring peace and prosperity in the region.


This is a positive thing by US, Obama says well right, good news.
 
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