India gave “specific and actionable information” to Pakistan soon after the Pathankot attack reportedly carried out by Jaish-e-Mohammed militants on the intervening night of January 1 and 2 that killed seven Indian soldiers.
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According to the Dawn, Foreign Office spokesperson Qazi Khalilullah said in a briefing that a practice like that undermines efforts to eliminate terrorism from the region in a collective manner. The planning, training and financing of the Mumbai terrorist attack was done on Pakistan, where 99 percent of the evidence is.
Yesterday, a Pakistani court refused to allow the government to collect samples of the main suspects in the Mumbai attacks of 2008 which were masterminded by Zaki-ur-Rahman Lakhvi who is in prison.
“We wish India to share the investigation into the Samjhota Express tragedy and expect it to share the report in this regard”, he said. He said, Islamabad must ensure that perpetrators are brought to book.
Officials of both countries have kept in touch to reschedule the meeting, as confirmed by ET sources, keeping in mind the preoccupations of both Indian foreign secretary S Jaishankar and his Pakistani counterpart Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry.
“The Defence Ministry has written to the MEA and we will raise it (the issue) with Pakistan, the ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup said here”.
With both Delhi and Islamabad attempting to salvage the peace talks, President Pranab Mukherjee, in his Republic Day address, advocated the need for dialogue but cautioned that “peace can not be discussed under a shower of bullets”.
With the terror attack at the Pathankot Air Force Base leading to the postponing of the foreign secretary-level talks, people are back with a “profile for peace” campaign, making passionate pleas to the political leaders of the two countries.
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He said relevant details had been provided to the Afghan authorities.
