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“Pakistan, therefore, reiterates that the scheduled NSA level talks can not be held on the basis of the preconditions set by India”.

The tribunal declared the election in the NA-122 constituency null and void though Sadiq can appeal the verdict in Supreme Court.

But Pakistan is unwilling to relent. Hours before the talks were to begin, Pakistan said the terms India said were non-negotiable – no involving the Hurriyat in the talks and to accept by midnight on Saturday that Kashmir would be off the agenda – were not acceptable.

Speaking to reporters before his departure, he said, “Today we are going to ask the people of India whether former Indian Prime Minister A B Vajpayee, their leader L K Advani or Manmohan Singh were wrong”.

A Pakistani newspaper reported that Pakistan will stress on laying out a counter terrorism mechanism during the talks.

However, both sides have repeatedly accused each other of violating the truce.

Ahead of the scheduled National Security level talks, Pakistan High Commission has extended its invitation to Hurriyat leaders for talks with its National Security Advisor Sartaj Aziz, media reported.

Islamabad summoned India’s deputy high commissioner JP Singh not once, but twice to register protest.

Pakistan may have finally agreed to honour the bilateral understanding for NSA-level talks, but that has not calmed the apprehension in New Delhi about the intent of the estranged neigbour, especially that it may use the occasion for grandstanding for the domestic audience.

Under the plan as it now stands, first-time home buyers withdraw up to $25,000 from an RRSP, but must repay that money in set annual increments, generally over 15 years, to their retirement fund.

Harper made his first pitch to British Columbia voters Tuesday at a rally in a crowded hotel room in Richmond.

When countries with relations marred by hostility and distrust agree to talk, they must make an effort to create a conducive atmosphere beforehand, as otherwise talks will not only fail but the mistrust will deepen.

He confirmed that Pakistan has not invited the speaker of Indian-held Kashmir assembly to participate in Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) to be held in Islamabad.

The advisor said that he would raise the issue of Indian interference in Pakistan with his Indian counterpart. He insisted that the government’s decision not to participate in the CPU meeting is correct. The Vice-Patron is normally the Head of State or Government of the...

The APHC in a statement issued after a meeting chaired by its Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, in Srinagar said that India and Pakistan needed to show political farsightedness to deal with the tense situation.