Foreign Secretary Shamshad Ahmed told the official APP news agency in Saudi Arabia that the Indian offer of talks was a `tactical ploy' to ease pressure on New Delhi for dialogue but Pakistan wanted `real dialogue' on the issue.``It is time that India should avoid using the name of dialogue as a tactical ploy,'' the official said while accompanying Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on an official visit to Saudi Arabia. ``The world can no more remain a silent spectator to the fate of Kashmir and has to intervene in the matter,'' added Ahmed.

Stating that Pakistan has pressed for a `third party' mediation in resolving bilateral issues with India, Ahmed said New Delhi and Islamabad needed an `interpreter' as they speak `different languages'. ``We do need an interpreter, as we speak different languages,'' he said and rejected Indian External Affairs MinisterJaswant Singh's contention the two countries speak the same language and they do not need any interpreter.

``The difference (between India and Pakistan) is basic. Hence, it is all the more necessary to have an interpreter," he added. Ahmed also said that the Kargil crisis was caused by the dispute over the Kashmir region.