Islamabad, Dec. 5 : Trade talks between Pakistan and India have been postponed for an indefinite period in the wake of Mumbai terror attacks.

Trade ministry sources told the Geo News on Friday that the secretary-level talks on enhancing trade ties were to be held in the first week of December in Islamabad.

They further said that both countries had to discuss a proposal to open three more trade routes.

According to an ARY Television report, the message for cancellation of talks has been received. However, the Indian trade ministry has hinted that the trade talks could be held at the end of next month.

Islamabad, Dec. 5 : Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi met former ISI Director General Lt. General Hameed Gul on Thursday, and is reported to have assured him that the government would seriously look into the issue of Washington’s move to include the names of ex-ISI officials in the list of international terrorist through UN’s Security Council.

Lahore, Dec. 5 : Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Director-General Javed Miandad has said that he is determined and motivated enough to get the country’s first class cricketing infrastructure back on its feet.

“My utmost effort will be to revive domestic cricket that has been destroyed in the past seven years due to unwise steps taken by the previous regimes of the PCB,” he told reporters at the Gaddafi Stadium here on Thursday.

Karachi, Dec. 5 : If the India –Pakistan cricket series is postponed or cancelled due to political reasons, then the game would be badly affected, said Syed Ashraful Haq, Chief Executive of Asian Cricket Council (ACC).

“Uncertain situation of the cricket series between Pakistan and India is thought provoking, but we cannot play a further role to make the series certain,”Haq said in an interview to Geo News.

The India-Pakistan series is the biggest event not only in Asia, but also in the world of cricket, and everybody wants this series to be held on time, Haq added.

Lahore, Dec 5 : The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to insure all of its cricket events and the series to avoid any monetary loss in case of cancellation or postponement of events and series under the present circumstances.

For this, the PCB has reportedly contacted a British insurance company, whose representative, David Borman, told PCB chief operating officer Saleem Altaf and other officials about insurance.

Borman briefed them about the method of insurance through which the monetary loss of the board could be minimized, reports The News.

New Delhi, Dec. 5: A senior adviser on foreign affairs to German Chancellor Angela Merkel has quoted India’s National Security Advisor, M. K. Narayanan, as saying that India has no intention of declaring war against Pakistan in the wake of last week’s terror attacks in Mumbai.