ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said on Friday that India was not sincere about resolving the Kashmir dispute and water-related issues with Pakistan.

He said in an interview with PTV that the Indian attitude indicated it did not want peace in the region.

Deploring Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s statement that Pakistan had not taken adequate measures in connection with the Mumbai attack case, Mr Basit said the entire world had praised Pakistan’s sacrifices in the fight against terrorism, except India.

In this regard, he referred to the recent US-China joint statement issued at the end of President Barack Obama’s visit to Beijing and other similar statements by world leaders praising Pakistan’s sincere efforts in combating terrorism.

Mr Basit dismissed as baseless a report published in Washington Times about presence of Al Qaeda and Taliban leadership in Pakistan.

The report said that Taliban leader Mullah Omar was in Karachi.—APP

Our Correspondent adds from Washington: ‘The Washington Times report is totally baseless,’ said Nadeem Kiani, a spokesman for the Pakistan Embassy in Washington.
 
‘No Taliban or Al Qaeda leader is hiding in Pakistan,’ he said.