Pak to act on Headley leads,talks to continue

India today secured an assurance from Pakistan that it would act on the leads given by Pakistani-American terrorist David Headley to unravel the conspiracy behind the Mumbai terror attack even as the two countries agreed to continue their dialogue.

At the conclusion of day-long discussions between External Affairs Minister S M Krishna and his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi,it was announced that the two ministers would meet next in India in the near future.

It was clear that during the “frank,candid and honest” discussions the two sides had vigorously flagged their known concerns–terrorism for India and Jammu and Kashmir for Pakistan.

The two ministers held a joint press conference,delayed by several hours due to extended talks,at which both stuck to positive overtones which could not not camouflage the sharp differences on Jammu and Kashmir in particular.