ISLAMABAD (APP) - Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Friday said Pakistan had been seeking a relationship with India based on equality, mutual respect and benefit and principle of non-interference, adding it was working towards resumption of composite dialogue process in this regard. Addressing Youth Parliament at a local hotel on 'Pakistans Relations with India and Pakistan, he said, We are convinced that the composite dialogue process provides the framework for discussion on all outstanding issues including the core dispute of Jammu and Kashmir as well as matters relating to peace and security. Qureshi said, We are convinced that durable peace and stability in South Asia can only be established by making meaningful progress towards resolving all outstanding issues. He said the issues of terrorism, drug trafficking, Wullar Barrage, trade and economic interaction, cultural interaction and as well as Sir Creek and Siachen disputes could also be resolved through composite process. He said the issues of water, security and terrorism had been forcefully raised with India in all the interactions at all levels. Qureshi said during the meeting between two prime ministers in Sharm el Sheikh, Premier Gilani had raised the issue of threats in Balochistan and other areas in Pakistan. Referring to the joint statement issued on the eve of Sharm El Sheikh meeting, the foreign minister said it recognised that dialogue was the only way forward and it underlined that action on terrorism should not be linked and bracketed with composite dialogue process. He urged the international community to play its role in restarting the dialogue process. Commenting on Pak-Afghan relations, Qureshi said, A unstable Afghanistan will continue to export extremism, narcotics and instability across the vast Asian land mass, and beyond, adding its stability would allow the emergence of trans-regional corridors of energy and infrastructure. He said the relation between the two neighbours had improved in the last one and half year and there was no finger pointing, acrimony and blame game. Qureshi said it was a matter of success that today Pakistan and Afghanistan were engaged in meaningful and time-bound negotiations to afford each other more streamlined access, through Pakistan to the sea and through Afghanistan to the rich and untapped markets of Central Asia. The minister denied the perception that through a re-negotiated Pak-Afghan Transit Trade Agreement, India is being given overland access to Afghanistan. He remarked, What we are giving is access to our ports. What we are gaining is access to Central Asia. Terming it as a successful foreign policy, he said Pakistan had initiated trilateral process with friends and partners, and important states of the region. On the question of strict checking across Pak-Afghan border, he rejected the idea of fencing the border due to high cost and difficult terrain saying Pakistan had introduced modern and technical system of bio-metric to check the illegal cross border movement. Later on, talking to newsmen, the foreign minister has said India wants to expedite the prosecution of the culprits involved in Mumbai attacks. In this regard, Pakistan has responded that its independent and free judiciary working according to its own laws is looking into the matter. Replying to question about case against Hafiz Saeed and Indians pressure over the issue, Qureshi said Pakistan needed tangible legal evidences to proceed in the court. On the issue of sharing the information provided to India regarding foreign involvement in Balochistan, Qureshi once again said it was a sensitive matter and it should not be discussed through media, adding Pakistan always tried to use diplomatic channels for resolving problems and succeeded in the past. Replying to a question about induction of over 1000 Marines by the US embassy in Islamabad, he said, The US embassy is reinforcing its personnel for strengthening its security. It is a message from the US that it wants long term relationship with Pakistan, Qureshi added. The minister said the move would not effect mutual relations. Replying to a question, the minister said Pakistan had categorically conveyed the message to America that there should be no foreign troops on its soil. Answering questions of the members of the Youth Parliament, the minister said Pakistan had successfully countered the Indian propaganda aimed at isolating it at international level. He said using the Mumbai incident, India wanted to detach Pakistan diplomatically but due to democratic governments wisdom and efforts, the country managed to counter efforts. Answering a question on Kashmir issue, he said, Kashmir is still an outstanding issue and Pakistan wants its solution according to UN resolution through plebiscite. He said without resolving Kashmir issue, peace and security could not be ensured in the region and it was one of the root causes of the terrorism needing a solution. He claimed that all political parties were unanimous on Kashmir issue. He said despite presenting out of box solutions in the past, the issue could not be resolved, adding he could not claim a solution shortly but efforts should be made to provide relief to the people on both sides of the Line of Control (LoC). On the question of Ajmal Kasab, Qureshi it had been clarified that no institution of Pakistan was involved in the incident but only some non-state actors, who are Pakistani, were involved, while the government was pursuing a case against the culprits. Replying to a question of appointment of non-career persons as ambassadors, he said there was an 80 per cent quota for career diplomats while remaining 20 per cent had been allocated for political and non-career persons and the foreign office was fully implementing the criteria.