However, LeT founder Hafiz Saeed, who was placed under house arrest in December last year, was freed by the Lahore High Court in June citing lack of evidence. India has named Saeed as one of the masterminds of the Mumbai attacks. The Pakistani Supreme Court has indefinitely postponed a hearing on the government's appeal against his release.

India has so far submitted five dossiers to on the involvement of Saeed and other Pakistani nationals in the Mumbai carnage.

Commenting on the Kashmir issue, Sharif said there could be no lasting peace in the region without resolving it.

The people of Kashmir and the state's leadership should also be included in the dialogue process, the former prime minister added.

The right of self-determination should be given to the Kashmiri people so that they could decide on their future for themselves, Sharif maintained.

On the granting of autonomy to Gilgit-Baltistan, the former prime minister said Pakistan's political parties had not been taken on board by the government on the issue.