Point-scoring

In a retort to Pakistan's contention that it was "not desperate" for dialogue, India tonight said neither was it desperate for talks and indicated unhappiness over the attempts at "point-scoring" by Pakistan.
Shortly after Pakistan Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir addressed a press conference here that was seen as acrimonious, sources in the government said that by offering to hold talks, India had made a sincere effort to rebuild trust and would watch how Pakistan acts on its core concern of terrorism.
The sources underlined that security of its people was of utmost importance to the government and it was in this context that it pressed for concrete action to end anti-India terrorism emanating from Pakistan.
"These are genuine concerns... We are not lecturing," the sources said while rebutting Bashir's point that Pakistan did not like to be sermoned.
With regard to the Pakistan Foreign Secretary's view that his country was "not desperate" for dialogue, the sources said even India was not desperate.
They went on to add that dialogue should not be measured in terms of desperation etc.
Apparently peeved at Bashir's "point-scoring" attempts, the sources observed that while Rao had got her brief for the talks from a democratic government, her Pakistani counterpart had got the brief from "GHQ (General Headquarters of Army) and men in khaki".

Could you please explain to me what "point-scoring" means in this context?

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