Tasnim Aslam

We have protested to the Indian government over this provocative act in which one fisherman's life has been lost.

No one in the Pakistan government has made such a request that such maps be removed.

It is our hope that we will be able to implement this proposal this month.

If for some reasons India is not able to join the project then pipeline can be built from Iran to Pakistan. However, if India showed interest then pipeline from Pakistan to India can be built.

We have not yet received any list from India and our list has not gone to India.

It is a fabricated story and motivated by vicious intentions.

The president and the Chinese leadership will review multi-facetted bilateral relations, regional issues and other international developments of mutual interest.

We are overwhelmed by the international community's response to our appeal for the help for Saturday's quake victims.

There is no infrastructure of terrorism in Pakistan. This is a baseless allegation.

Because of the widespread devastation the information about crossing procedures took some time to trickle down.

The Indian delegation is arriving in Islamabad late in the evening. The talks will be held tomorrow.

Basically, the delegation is coming to discuss the proposal that Pakistan had given to India on allowing travel. The Indian proposal can also be discussed at the meeting.

We are interested in purchasing nuclear power reactors because our economy is growing and so is the energy requirement.

We do expect that any concessions and exception granted to India in the context of NSG (nuclear suppliers group) or any other multilateral arrangement will be applicable to Pakistan also.

Members voluntarily coordinate their export controls to non-nuclear weapon states.

The Afghanistan leadership needs to make up their minds on many issues. They are not ready to accept the 3.1 million Afghan refugees in Pakistan, but on the other hand they want visa and passport reforms. They also don't want us to build a separation barrier along the border, but won't stop people from crossing into our country.

The joint military exercises have started and the objective is to enhance anti-terrorism cooperation.

Pakistan believes that we also have a claim, an expectation for international cooperation under safeguards for nuclear power generation.

We hope that we will also get the same kind of cooperation.

That is why not many people applied for permission to cross over. Instead they just walked up to the Line of Control to that point to go over.

As far as Pakistan is concerned we are ready to open crossing points on the five designated places at the Line of Control (LoC) on Monday.

We condemn such attacks and loss of innocent lives. These are baseless allegations and we reject them completely.

This is a common problem and it cannot be resolved by making unwarranted allegation. Afghanistan should do its part.

While we are very clear that we do not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, we are concerned at the escalation of violence in Nepal. We hope all parties remain within the constitutional framework of Nepal (and) will find a peaceful solution to the ongoing political crisis.

It is an act of terrorism which was meant to create problem between Pakistan and China and we are mindful of that.