Pak: May seek Samjhauta suspects if India wants 26/11 accused

Islamabad, Jan 19 (PTI) Pakistan has said if India persisted with its demand for the extradition of Pakistani nationals linked to the Mumbai attacks, Islamabad would seek the handing over of persons involved in the 2007 bombing of the cross-border Samjhauta Express train.

After reports appeared in Indian media suggesting a
possible link of the Malegaon blast accused with the train
attack, political leaders here have been saying that the
government should seek the extradition of Indian nationals,
including Col S K Purohit, for the Samjhauta bombing that
killed nearly 70 people, including Pakistanis.

"If the Indian demand for handing over the accused in the
Mumbai attacks persisted, then the accused of the Samjhauta
Express case might be asked for" by Pakistan, Interior
ministry chief Rehman Malik told Geo News Sunday.

India has asserted that perpetrators of terrorism in the
country must be handed over to face "Indian justice".

"The fact that dastardly terror crimes have been
committed in India, therefore the perpetrators must face
Indian justice," External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee
had said in New Delhi on Friday. PTI RH