Meanwhile, the Congress has been attacking the “soft” stand taken by the Centre towards Islamabad especially over the Pathankot attack and have said that the government was not bringing Pakistan’s role in the terror strike onto the global arena strongly enough.
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Branding the Pathankot attack as a failure by the Centre, he added that the terror strike also indicated towards intelligence failure and raised serious concerns over internal security and the Centre’s failure to fight and tackle terrorists.
In the terror attack on Pathankot Air Force base that began on January 2, six militants were also eliminated in an operation that lasted four days.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said the government was making all out efforts to enhance oil and gas exploration in the country.
The Foreign Secretary-level dialogue between India and Pakistan may not take place on January 15 as planned earlier, though the Ministry of External Affairs is yet to announce the status of the talks officially.
A high level meeting presided over by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was informed on Wednesday that authorities have arrested some members of the group.
Based on the initial investigations in Pakistan, and the information provided, several individuals belonging to Jaish-e-Mohammad, have been apprehended. The offices of the organisation are also being traced and sealed.
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“[The meeting] expressed national resolve not to allow our territory to be used for acts of terrorism anywhere”, the statement said. However, Pakistan had on Monday claimed that the telephone numbers given by India were not registered in Pakistan. “Further investigations are underway”, the statement said.
