External Affairs Minister S M Krishna has enquired from his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi about the progress into Mumbai attacks case and pressed for quickening the trial and realising the urgency. <br/> <br/>Mr. Krishna made the enquiries from Mr. Qureshi during their face-to-face meet at a lunch hosted by Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta. Both Indian and Pakistani leaders were in Kabul to attend swearing-in of President Hamid Karzai.<br/> <br/>Talking to accompanying journalists on his way back to Delhi, Mr. Krishna said that he made enquiries about the progress made by Pakistan about bringing to justice those who were responsible for the attack in Mumbai.<br/> <br/>Mr. Krishna enquiries came in the backdrop of repeated postponement of the trials in Pakistan against seven people arrested in connection with the Mumbai attacks, that is leading to prolonged delays.<br/> <br/>Asked whether he set any deadline for Pakistan, the External Affairs Minister said, he did not ask for a deadline but insisted that the trial should be quickened.<br/><br/>
News On AIR | November 20, 2009 9:58 AM
Krishna enquires Mumbai attack progress with Qureshi