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  SOUTH ASIA UPDATE
Thursday, January 03, 2002 
Jaswant, Sattar shake hands, but no formal talks
  Despite the growing chill in Indo-Pak relations, external affairs minister Jaswant Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Abdul Sattar shook hands and exchanged pleasantries but formal talks between the two have been virtually ruled out with India asserting that Pakistan’s continuing support to terrorist activities against it does not lead to a conducive atmosphere for such an exercise.
Pakistan shuts down ISI wing dealing with militants in Kashmir
  Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has ordered shutdown of the wing of the military intelligence agency ISI that deals exclusively with the armed groups that Pakistan backs in Kashmir, a newspaper here reported on Wednesday.
   
Cong refuses to comment on Indo-Pak talk in Kathmandu
  The Congress on Wednesday said the decision to hold Indo-Pak dialogue on the sidelines of the Saarc conference in Kathmandu should be left to the government.


 
   
 
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