Islamabad, Jan 5 : Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi ruled out the possibility of handing over any suspects of the Mumbai terror attacks to India, and said that tension with India has reduced, but is not over yet.

"Friends and important nations in the region and beyond have played a positive role to defuse the tension," Qureshi said on Sunday.

Qureshi again ruled out the possibility of handing over any suspects, a day after the Indian prime minister asked Islamabad to hand over those behind the attacks.

Ahmedabad, Jan. 4 : Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Lal Krishna Advani has said that India has given enough evidences against Pakistan and international pressure would definitely make Paksitan act.

"Pakistan has come in the limelight for the entire world. There is no doubt about the fact that perpetrators came from Pakistan and India has given enough evidences to the entire world. India has told everything to the world. Now the Home Minister is going there (US) and I hope that entire world would put pressure as a result of which Pakistan would accept the truth and take appropriate action," said Advani while interacting with media here.

Islamabad, Jan. 4 : The recent high-profile terrorist attacks in Pakistan and India have drawn attention to the need for reform of the intelligence services.

The large number of Intelligence agencies in India and Pakistan seems to be inefficient with their tendencies to work against each other rather than as a team, the Dawn noted.

Another reason is the large size of under funded agencies working with poorly trained individuals. Often, the permanent employees of the intelligence agencies are neglected, while the part-timers from the police, civil service, and military, head the proceedings.

Continuous political interference in personnel management is also one of the major drawbacks of these intelligence agencies.

New Delhi, Jan. 4 : Union Home Minister P Chidambaram is expected to visit the United States next week and is likely to be India''s representative at Barack Obama''s inauguration on January 20.

Lahore, Jan. 4 : While international diplomatic efforts are on to tone down tensions between India and Pakistan, civil society in both countries has urged de-escalation to stem rising war fears.

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has urged both countries to change their respective stances regarding the present crisis.

Commenting on the present scenario, Asma Jahangir of the HRCP said: "People with vested interests are aggravating war sentiments among the people of India and Pakistan, as a result of which the public is paying up a huge price."

Addressing a press conference, Jahangir accepted the fact that Pakistan cannot afford a war because of its internal crisis.

Islamabad - Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Sunday said his government wanted to revive the peace process with rival India which stalled after the Mumbai terror attacks.

Qureshi said the "unfortunate" November 26 terrorist siege in India's financial capital were a grave "setback" for improving ties between the two neighbours.

"Our foremost effort will be to end the pause (in the dialogue with India) and to move towards normal relations," Qureshi told reporters during a visit to his hometown of Multan in eastern Punjab province.