Islamabad: Pakistan is expected to give next week its point-by-point response to India's fresh peace package and is not "unwilling" to discuss "softer" issues, a local daily quoting officials reported on October 26.

Pakistan was expected to give its detailed reaction to India's 12-point peace proposals after the ongoing inter-Ministerial consultations and a detailed review by President Pervez Musharraf next week, 'Dawn' quoted the officials as saying.

The officials said Islamabad was not "unwilling" to discuss "softer issues" first as proposed by India, even though it believes that without holding dialogue with it and Kashmiris, the Indo-Pak ties would not improve.

"There would be no delay from our side as internal consultations are taking place right now," the officials said.

The inter-Ministerial meetings are being held at the instance of the Pakistan Foreign Office to sort out issues concerning restoration of overflights, rail links, easing of Visa procedure and detained fishermen, they said.

After the meetings, the Pakistan Foreign Office plans to give a detailed briefing to Musharraf and Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali in a day or two, following which the reaction would be made public.

PTI