Islamabad: Pakistan today described as “outdated” India’s demand for action against the perpetrators of the 2008 Mumbai attacks in the wake of the killing of Osama bin Laden, with Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir saying that such statements were not “helpful” for the peace process.
“It is a familiar line (and) outdated. It is some part of the old system repeating itself,” Bashir told a news conference here while responding to a question about India’s demand for action against terrorists believed to be holed up in Pakistan, including those responsible for the Mumbai incident.
“This line of thinking is mired in a mindset that is neither realistic nor productive. Such statements are not very helpful,” he said, referring to the recent resumption of dialogue between the two countries after a gap of over two years.