Sharma also mentioned that after the Mumbai attacks, the Congress had introduced a policy which would facilitate a continued bilateral talk between the two neighbours.
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Modi’s Lahore visit came after a series of diplomatic engagements between New Delhi and Islamabad.
Four days after six heavilyarmed men sneaked into the Pathankot air force station, defence minister Manohar Parrikar visited the base on Monday and announced that all six terrorists have been killed.
On December 6, Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and his Pakistani counterpart Naseer Khan Janjua met in Bangkok. It seems as though the terror groups intend to interrupt and cancel the talks between India and Pakistan.
Pakistani officials confirmed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had spoken to Modi, expressing his sadness over the attack and saying Pakistan would investigate any information that India provides.
The Sena also said that if India does not avenge the Pathankot terror attack, then displaying its military and arms and ammunition strength on Republic Day would be futile.
Radio Pakistan reported that Sharif telephoned Modi “and conveyed sorrow and grief on the losses in (the) Pathankot terror attack”.
The Prime Minister “strongly emphasized the need for Pakistan to take firm and immediate action against the organizations and individuals responsible for and linked to the Pathankot terrorist attack”, the PMO said in a statement. “Look, a terrible treachery has taken place”, the editorial alleged, noting that Pakistan needed to be warned that if they wanted to improve ties with India, they should hand over the attack’s mastermind Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Maulana Masood Azhar to India rather than just issuing mere condemnations. The United Jihad Council (UJC) said in a statement released that the attack was a message to India that Kashmiri fighters could strike at any sensitive installation across India.
“Why is the prime minister giving a new description of terrorists as “enemies of humanity” instead of describing them as Pakistani terrorists?”
The statement, however, did not give details of the “leads” provided by India. “The air base is large and we have been working all night to ensure that the base is totally in our control”, said Mehta.
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“We want to see the government of Pakistan continue to press the fight against terrorists, all terrorists, and to meet their own expectations that they’re not going to discriminate among groups”.
