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People of India, Pak against war, says Rehman Malik
Islamabad, Dec 5 (PTI) The leadership of India and Pakistan are handling the fallout of the Mumbai attacks in a "responsible" manner as people in neither country want a war, Pakstan's interior ministry said Friday offering unconditional support" in the terror probe.
Those responsible for the last week's terror strikes should be brought to justice, Pakistani interior ministry chief Rehman Malik said.
"The leadership of India and Pakistan are taking this
matter forward in a responsible manner. The people of Pakistan
do not want a war and neither do our Indian brothers.
Inshallah (God willing), nothing like this will happen," Malik
told reporters in the southern port city of Karachi.
Malik, who had Thursday ruled out action against
Jaish-e-Mohammed founder Maulana Masood Azhar till India
provided evidence of his complicity in the Mumbai attacks, was
in Karachi to review the situation following ethnic clashes
between Urdu-speaking people and Pashtuns.
He said: "We think that the perpetrators (of the Mumbai
attacks) –- whether they are Indians, Pakistanis or from any
other country -– should be brought to justice. And we will
give India unconditional support to identify the criminals and
take action against them."
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had yesterday
asked Pakistan's top leadership to act "sincerely and quickly"
in providing "unequivocal assistance" to India in probing the
terrorist attacks that killed nearly 200 people.
India put the composite dialogue process with Pakistan on
hold soon after the attacks. Sources have indicated it will
not be resumed till Islamabad acts on New Delhi's concerns
about Pakistani soil being used for terrorist acts directed
against India.
Reports today quoted Pakistani officials as saying that
trade talks between the two sides, scheduled to be held in
early December, could not be held as the Indian team did not
arrive in Islamabad. Pakistan has proposed that the talks be
rescheduled to December 18 though there has been no response
from India, the officials said.
Foreign countries continued their efforts to reach out to
Pakistan as part of efforts to ease tensions in the region.
Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon had a
telephonic conversation with his Pakistani counterpart Shah
Mahmood Qureshi to discuss the situation in the region and
bilateral relations.
Qureshi condemned the Mumbai attacks and reiterated
Pakistan's "offer of full cooperation to the Indian government
in investigation of the deplorable crime", an official
statement said. He also appreciated Canada's assistance for
better management of the border between Pakistan and
Afghanistan. PTI
Those responsible for the last week's terror strikes should be brought to justice, Pakistani interior ministry chief Rehman Malik said.
"The leadership of India and Pakistan are taking this
matter forward in a responsible manner. The people of Pakistan
do not want a war and neither do our Indian brothers.
Inshallah (God willing), nothing like this will happen," Malik
told reporters in the southern port city of Karachi.
Malik, who had Thursday ruled out action against
Jaish-e-Mohammed founder Maulana Masood Azhar till India
provided evidence of his complicity in the Mumbai attacks, was
in Karachi to review the situation following ethnic clashes
between Urdu-speaking people and Pashtuns.
He said: "We think that the perpetrators (of the Mumbai
attacks) –- whether they are Indians, Pakistanis or from any
other country -– should be brought to justice. And we will
give India unconditional support to identify the criminals and
take action against them."
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had yesterday
asked Pakistan's top leadership to act "sincerely and quickly"
in providing "unequivocal assistance" to India in probing the
terrorist attacks that killed nearly 200 people.
India put the composite dialogue process with Pakistan on
hold soon after the attacks. Sources have indicated it will
not be resumed till Islamabad acts on New Delhi's concerns
about Pakistani soil being used for terrorist acts directed
against India.
Reports today quoted Pakistani officials as saying that
trade talks between the two sides, scheduled to be held in
early December, could not be held as the Indian team did not
arrive in Islamabad. Pakistan has proposed that the talks be
rescheduled to December 18 though there has been no response
from India, the officials said.
Foreign countries continued their efforts to reach out to
Pakistan as part of efforts to ease tensions in the region.
Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon had a
telephonic conversation with his Pakistani counterpart Shah
Mahmood Qureshi to discuss the situation in the region and
bilateral relations.
Qureshi condemned the Mumbai attacks and reiterated
Pakistan's "offer of full cooperation to the Indian government
in investigation of the deplorable crime", an official
statement said. He also appreciated Canada's assistance for
better management of the border between Pakistan and
Afghanistan. PTI
