Islamabad, Aug 30: Reacting to Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's assertion that Indo-Pak talks can't start unless violence was stopped, Pakistan today said India can't be allowed to act as accuser, prosecutor and judge. "Pakistan has done all it could to stop violence and it was India's turn to start negotiations," Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri told reporters last night. He said Pakistan has urged the international community to deploy neutral monitors to ascertain the allegations of infiltration adding "we cannot allow India to be the accuser, prosecutor, judge". However, he maintained that Pakistan was even ready for talks tomorrow.

Kasuri also said that Indian leaders should not hold Pakistan-India relations "hostage" to the internal Indian politics.


"I hope Pakistan-India relations are not held hostage to Indian internal politics and the Indian elections," he said alleging that the comments were tied to Indian domestic politics and forthcoming elections.

Pointing that the difference in approach by Pakistan and Indian government was evident from the "positive treatment" given to Indian Parliamentarians by Pakistan government, he said the Indian lawmakers met President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Mir Jafarullah Jamali.

But the Pakistani delegation of parliamentarians did not received the same treatment.

In his rejoinder to Vajpayee's statement, foreign office spokesman Masood Khan said "The allegations levelled by the Indians on Pakistarn are far-fetched and lacked credibility." Bureau Report