India yet to share evidence on 26/11 attacks: Qureshi
Islamabad,
Dec
12:
Pakistan
on
Thursday,
Dec
11
said
that
India
is
yet
to
share
information
and
evidence
on
the
Nov
26
Mumbai
terror
attacks
despite
repeated
request
because
of
which
its
probe
into
the
incident
could
not
proceed.
Shah
Mahmood
Qureshi,
the
Pakistan
foreign
minister
said
"Any
criminal
investigation
proceeds
from
the
scene
of
crime
to
the
criminal...Pakistan
has
repeatedly
underscored
the
need
for
serious,
sustained
and
pragmatic
cooperation
between
Pakistan
and
India
to
combat
terrorism
in
either
country."
He
added
that
his
country
has
also
proposed
for
the
establishment
of
a
joint
commission
and
launching
of
a
joint
investigation
"in
an
earnest
effort
to
move
forward
in
an
area
which
equally
concerns
both
Pakistan
and
India".
"However, our own investigations cannot proceed beyond a certain point without provision of credible information and evidence pertaining to Mumbai attacks. Despite our requests, no evidence or information has been shared with the government by India so far," Qureshi said. Referring to the "spate of allegations concerning the involvement of certain individuals of Pakistani origin in Mumbai terrorist attacks", Qureshi said the government had "already initiated investigations on its own".
Pakistan on Thursday, Dec 11 banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa the front organisation of Lashkar-e-Toiba which is suspected mastermind behind the Nov 26 Mumbai terror strikes ans put its chief Hafiz Mohammed Saeed under house arrest.
He said that Pakistan will not allow terrorism to grow in its soil as the nation itself is a victim of terrorism. However India maintained that there is enough evidence to prove that the Mumbai attacks were launched from Pakistan territory, Home Minister P Chidambaram told Parliament on Thursday, Dec 11.
Meanwhile, the United States has said that Pakistan has taken 'important steps' by acting against terror groups by banning the JuD. But the US has declined to comment on India's observation that Islamabad is not doing enough.
OneIndia News (With inputs from Agencies)