Islamabad: Hoping to achieve "positive indications" for progress in his forthcoming talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New York, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf today (Sep 19, 2004) said he looked forward to a "wholesome meeting" with him dealing with all issues, including Kashmir.

"I look forward to a ... wholesome meeting, dealing with all issues, very much including Kashmir. And I look forward to positive indications for progress," Musharraf told reporters in Islamabad before departing for New York.

The Musharraf-Singh meeting, which was earlier planned for September 22, has now been rescheduled for September 24 on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. This meant that Musharraf would extend his stay in US as he was earlier scheduled to return on September 23.

The two leaders would be assisted by their Foreign Ministers and the National Security Advisors.

The Singh-Musharraf meeting comes within 20 days of talks between External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri in New Delhi earlier this month to review the first round of composite dialogue process.

Musharraf said that during his stay in US he would meet President George W Bush and several other world leaders and make effort to correct "misperceptions" about Pakistan.

"First I am going to address the UN General Assembly, basically it is that but combined with that, we would like to project Pakistan in US, correct misperceptions and also encourage investment in Pakistan."