No record of Kashmir solution formula in Foreign Office: Qureshi

Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that neither he, nor the people of Pakistan have any knowledge about the proposal of Kashmir solution evolved by the previous government.In an interview to a private television channel the Minister said, the proposal was never debated in the country thus it is unknown to anyone. It was claimed by the foreign minister of the previous government that India and Pakistan had almost reached a solution and just the announcement of the same was remaining the Minister said adding but that announcement was never made.
He said the proposal was a secret between selected individuals and there was no record of the same in foreign office.
To a question Qureshi said that importance of back channel diplomacy notwithstanding, the disputes are finally solved through formal efforts.
He said that four rounds of composite dialogue were completed during the tenure of previous government while one round was held during the sitting government.
The Mumbai incident has of course affected the process and unfortunately India adopted a rigid position in this scenario.
Now as the domestic pressure is growing on India for the resumption of composite dialogue, the authorities finding it hard to change their position, he said.
To another question he said that Indian involvement in insurgency in certain areas of Pakistan was raised by the prime minister with his Indian counterpart which was mentioned in Sharm-el-Sheikh document.