<p>Nursing the "hurt" caused by the death of Sarabjit Singh, India says the incident will cause a "setback" to the efforts to build relations with Pakistan and that there will be a "pause" in the engagement with it.<br /><br /></p>.<p>External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said India will have to have a "calibrated" approach towards Pakistan and work to ensure that its mindset vis-a-vis this country changes for the better.<br /><br />In an interview to PTI, he said the incident involving 49-year-old Sarabjit, who was brutally assaulted in a Pakistani jail, had agitated common people of India and it will take time to overcome.<br /><br />Regrettably, Sarabjit's death came just few months after another distressful incident in which Pakistani troops killed two Indian soldiers, including beheading one, in a cross-LoC attack in Jammu and Kashmir, he noted.<br /><br />"It is unfortunate that it (Sarabjit's death) has happened. We can't tone down our feelings that have been expressed publicly by ordinary people. And obviously when you feel a sense of hurt and distress, it takes a little time to overcome," Khurshid said.<br /><br />"What something like this does is that it causes a setback to the momentum of work you have done to bring about greater and more meaningful relationship. I think, obviously, the recent events will do the same," he said when asked whether the Indian prisoner's death would have an impact on India-Pakistan relations.</p>
<p>Nursing the "hurt" caused by the death of Sarabjit Singh, India says the incident will cause a "setback" to the efforts to build relations with Pakistan and that there will be a "pause" in the engagement with it.<br /><br /></p>.<p>External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said India will have to have a "calibrated" approach towards Pakistan and work to ensure that its mindset vis-a-vis this country changes for the better.<br /><br />In an interview to PTI, he said the incident involving 49-year-old Sarabjit, who was brutally assaulted in a Pakistani jail, had agitated common people of India and it will take time to overcome.<br /><br />Regrettably, Sarabjit's death came just few months after another distressful incident in which Pakistani troops killed two Indian soldiers, including beheading one, in a cross-LoC attack in Jammu and Kashmir, he noted.<br /><br />"It is unfortunate that it (Sarabjit's death) has happened. We can't tone down our feelings that have been expressed publicly by ordinary people. And obviously when you feel a sense of hurt and distress, it takes a little time to overcome," Khurshid said.<br /><br />"What something like this does is that it causes a setback to the momentum of work you have done to bring about greater and more meaningful relationship. I think, obviously, the recent events will do the same," he said when asked whether the Indian prisoner's death would have an impact on India-Pakistan relations.</p>