Pakistan warned India on Monday against any “hot pursuit” inside its territory on the pretext of fighting terrorism, saying that such a move would be “a mistake”. “Pakistan will not allow ‘hot pursuit’ into its territory or Azad Kashmir,” Foreign Office spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam said at a weekly press briefing. Commenting on reports that India was considering the policy of hot pursuit, she said that it was “highly irresponsible” to publish such reports, as hot pursuit was not an option. “The only option is to hold talks,” she said.The peace process was in the interest of the people of Pakistan, India and the entire region, and Pakistan wanted early resumption of the peace process, she said. Asked if the peace process was off track, she said: “It shouldn’t be. We do not have any other option but to pursue peace.” The Foreign Office spokeswoman said the foreign secretaries of Pakistan and India might interact on the sidelines of the forthcoming SAARC Foreign Ministers’ conference in Dhaka. She said that the president and the prime minister had spoken to other leaders of the Organsation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) and Pakistan supported a political initiative on the issue by the OIC in the form of a summit or a foreign ministers’ meeting.