He also praised the Pathankot terror attack.
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There was “no reason to distrust them so early”, the minister told the media here.
Some media reports yesterday had quoted Mr Paswan as saying that Pakistan itself was victim ofterrorism…had that nation supported terrorism, they would have not been attacked by terrorists.
This also gives India enough time to evaluate the steps taken by Pakistan on the Pathankot investigations, including whether the detention of Masood Azhar is enough.
The foreign secretary-level talks between Pakistan and India scheduled for Friday (January 15) in Islamabad have reportedly been postponed.
The Congress on Tuesday attacked the Centre for not bringing Pakistan’s role in the Pathankot attack onto the global arena strongly enough and lashed out at former Pakistan president General (Retd.) Pervez Musharraf over his assertion that India was “overreacting” to the terror strike on the Pathankot air base.
Reports from Pakistan yesterday said law enforcement agencies have picked up “some suspects” connected to Pathankot airbase attack from Bahwalapur district, the hometown of Maulana Masood Azhar, chief of banned terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed.
A meeting chaired by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was informed on Wednesday that offices of JeM that allegedly conducted Pathankot attack were secretly operating in four cities of Punjab. She then rushed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence at 7, Race Course Road to hold a meeting.
The statement said an investigation into the incident has made “considerable progress”, leading to the arrest of several individuals from the Jaish-e-Mohammad militant group.
US Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Sarah Sewall condemned the recent attack on Indian Air Force base in Pathankot and asserted that both Washington and New Delhi have been brought together by shared trauma of terrorism.
Meanwhile, Pakistan PMO confirmed that the country was willing to send a special investigation team to India after consultations with New Delhi.
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A press statement issued by the Pakistan government claimed that several individuals belonging to JeM have been apprehended. “We are resolved to take this investigation to its conclusion”, the senior intelligence official said. The offices of the organization are also being traced and sealed.
