He is a private citizen and too much importance should not be given to his comments, Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit said at an interactive session with journalists and intellectuals here.
Basit was asked to comment on Khan's boastful remark that nuclear-armed Pakistan has the ability to "target" the Indian capital in five minutes. The 80-year-old father of Pakistan's nuclear programme made the remark in late May.
Basit said not only the people of Pakistan, but also the political parties of his country are desirous of peace with India. "All political parties in Pakistan include promise of improving relations with India in their election manifesto."
He expressed hope that the Indo-Pak dialogue, stalled after the terror attack on Pathankot air base in January, would resume soon. The issue of Kashmir will figure during the discussion whenever the talks take place, the envoy said.
Speaking on a range of issues, Basit said Pakistan had been fighting to overcome the menace of terrorism, drug and human trafficking. "We are fighting terror for the last 35 years."
To a query, Basit said he had no knowledge about presence of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim in Pakistan, wanted in India for terrorism and other crimes.