External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid today hoped that the newly elected Pakistan president would initiate positive steps to understand the pain and concern among Indians for his country.
"Mamnoon Hussain is from Agra and knows what the people of both the countries want and I hope that he would initiate positive steps for understanding the frustration, pain and concern of Indian people towards Pakistan", Khurshid who was here on a two day tour of his parliamentary constituency said when news persons referred to Pakistani president's Indian roots.
On the demands for further splitting of Uttar Pradesh in the wake of the decision on Telangana, Khurshid said that division would not happen because someone asks but on the basis of consensus among parties.
