Zardari hopes India, Pak relations would be normalised soon

M Zulqernain

Islamabad, Sep 15 (PTI) Pakistan President Asif Ali
Zardari does not believe India's demand to take action against
JuD chief Hafiz Mohd Saeed, linked to Mumbai terror attacks,
is a "major hurdle" and was hopeful that relations would be
normalised soon between the two neighbours.

"I don't think the issue of Hafiz Saeed is a major
hurdle in the normalisation of our relations. I am hopeful
that relations between the two countries will be restored very
soon," Zardari told PTI during an 'Iftar' at the presidency
Monday evening.

Zardari's comments came ahead of the meetings of
Foreign Ministers and Foreign Secretaries of the two countries
on the sidelines of UN General Assembly session in New York.

India has accused Pakistan of not taking action to
prosecute the 26/11 perpetrators despite 10 months having
passed by.

Zardari said Pakistan is committed to fighting
terrorism and no one should have any doubts about this.

"My government's biggest achievement is flushing out
extremists from the Malakand division and other areas and this
move has the full backing of the people of Pakistan and all
political forces," he said.

Attorney General Latif Khosa, Pakistan's senior-most
legal official, earlier told PTI that the evidence provided by
India is "not enough" to prosecute Saeed, whom New Delhi has
described as the mastermind of the Mumbai attacks. MORE PTI MZ
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