India 'negative', must act responsibly: Pak

London: Pakistan has warned that India must "act responsibly" and stop being “negative” if it wants the peace process to progress.

"We are facing a challenge but we cannot face it alone. We need a regional approach. India is an important regional player and it has to act responsibly," said Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in London.

"India should not harp on the same thing," said Qureshi, hinting at New Delhi’s policy that it will not start the composite dialogue unless Islamabad takes action against those involved in the Mumbai terror attacks.

"It (India) has to be positive. You don't have to be negative. Now if you're negative, you're not helping your case. India says we will not talk. There will come a stage when Pakistan says so be it," Qureshi told NDTV news channel.

Qureshi said External Affairs Minister S M Krishna met him in New York at the UN General Assembly but had not got back to him after that.

“India's Foreign Minister S M Krishna had promised to come back after consulting his leadership but there has been nothing from him so far.

"They are still sticking to the position that Pakistan needs to do more. If you continue to harp on the same thing you will merely vitiate the atmosphere. I want to improve relations between the two countries. I really want to see progress and normalisation (of relations)."

"In New York, I had shared with Krishna a road map and the challenges that the region faces," Qureshi said pointing out that he was still waiting for the response from his Indian counterpart.

The Pakistani minister said India's dossiers containing evidence against alleged Mumbai terror attacks plotters Hafiz Saeed and Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Maulana Masood Azhar were not good enough,

"You have to differentiate between evidence which is shared between friends and colleagues diplomatically and evidence which is legally tenable--and if you don’t differentiate the courts of law will throw out your case."

Qureshi praised Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's move to talk to Pakistani leadership in Sharm El-Sheikh describing it as "very constructive and positive".