What Mr. Bashir - a Pakistani Ambassador to India - is saying is nothing new.  Actually, he is not saying anything.  So many important questions were posed to Mr. Bashir and instead of providing any specific answer, he used his prototype diplomatic language - too many words without any substance.  India and Pakistan have been exchanging dialogues since 1947 on all important topics including an issue of Kashmir, but no concrete result has come out of these discussions.  So what is the purpose of these discussions?  More or less it has limited itself to a photo shoot opportunity to assuage their respective citizens that the governments are not ignoring these outstanding political issues.  I feel talking to Pakistan is a sheer waste of time, energy and resources.  These resources ought to be channeled towards the welfare of Indians, improvements of infrastructure and some other social needs.  India has to keep in mind that so long as there are militant establishments in Pakistan, there is not even a remote possibility to see any amelioration in the relationships.  Yes, Pakistani government is an elected government, but, unfortunately, it has no power when it comes to dealing with India on all outstanding issues - hence, a bottleneck in dealing with Pakistan.  I THINK MR. SINGH SHOULD NOT VISIT PAKISTAN UNLESS HE JUST WANTS TO HAVE A PHOTO SHOOT OPPORTUNITY.