Gilani says India did not want to hold talks on Kashmirissue

Islamabad, Feb 11 (PTI) Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf
Raza Gilani Thursday said India did not want to hold talks
with Pakistan on the Kashmir issue even though the composite
dialogue, which covered the dispute, was the only way forward.

"In fact, they (India) do not want to talk about
Kashmir," he told reporters on the sidelines of an official
function.
He was replying to a question on India's proposal for
talks at the Foreign Secretaries-level.
Following a meeting between Pakistan's High
Commissioner to India Shahid Malik and Indian Foreign
Secretary Nirupama Rao in New Delhi, officials of the two
sides were in touch to work out dates and modalities for
talks, Gilani said.
Gilani made it clear that the stalled composite
dialogue, which covers eight subjects including the Kashmir
dispute, is the "only way forward" for the two countries.
India put the composite dialogue on hold in the wake
of the Mumbai terror attacks in November 2008.
It had linked the resumption of the peace process to
Pakistan taking action against the perpetrators of the attacks
that killed nearly 180 people. PTI RHL