Going through the motions, says SM Qureshi

June 24, 2011 16:13

Former Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi today said he was not very hopeful of the ongoing Indo-Pak talks as he was not expecting any substantive outcome.

"If you decide that let the two military bands meet, will you call it a substantive outcome?" Qureshi said, as the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan held crucial talks in Islamabad.

"Let's see what comes out, they are going through the motions," he said.

Qureshi was foreign minister when External Affairs Minister S M Krishna visited Islamabad in July last year, which crumbled in front of television cameras.

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