The United Jihad Council, a conglomerate of Kashmiri organisations, has called last week's foreign secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan as nothing but a "ploy to defuse the international pressure."
"No progress whatsoever could be made in the talks between the foreign secretaries of Pakistan and India on Thursday so it could be stated that talks have been unsuccessful,"
The News quoted Syed Salahuddin, UJC chairman, as saying. "The core issues, including the Kashmir imbroglio, were not discussed by the foreign secretaries of