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Pak Interior, Law ministry officials to discuss probe report
Rezaul H Laskar
Islamabad, Jan 31 (PTI) Ahead of a crucial meeting of top
officials here to discuss the preliminary report on Pakistan's
probe into India's dossier on the Mumbai attacks, Islamabad
has said its response will be shared with New Delhi "as soon
as possible" after the legal process is over.
"Pakistan stands committed to bringing the perpetrators
to justice... Media is requested not to speculate on the
outcome of the inquiry till it is made public," an Interior
Ministry spokesman said.
He said Pakistan's "response will be shared with the
government of India through diplomatic channels after due
legal process as soon as possible".
His remark came ahead of a high-level meeting to be
chaired by Pakistan's Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik
today to discuss the preliminary report on Pakistan's probe
into the dossier provided by India on the 26/11 attacks.
A three-member team of the Federal Investigation Agency,
set up to examine the Indian dossier and other aspects of the
on the Mumbai incident, submitted its report to Malik Friday.
The meeting to be chaired by Malik will be attended by
top officials of the Interior and Law ministries.
The investigation team had covered "every aspect" of the
Mumbai attacks in its report, sources were quoted as saying by
The News daily.
The report has termed the information provided by India
as "insufficient", the sources said.
"I have seen the report and forwarded it to Interior
Secretary Syed Kamal Shah for further examining it in
consultation with the Ministry of Law," Malik told reporters
after a meeting with FIA officials late Friday night.
"I must reassure the international community that the
perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks would be brought to
justice," he said.
An earlier Pakistani media report had said that the
investigation team had concluded that the Mumbai attacks were
not planned on Pakistani soil.
Malik had directed the investigation team on January 17
to complete its preliminary probe within 10 days. The team was
subsequently given more time to complete its work.
The team's report is expected to be made public only
after Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani returns to Pakistan
from the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Pakistani officials have also said that if any Pakistani
national is found to be involved in the Mumbai attacks, he
will be tried in accordance with the country's laws and will
not be handed over to India.
Any such trial will be held in camera, official sources
told PTI.
The sources said Pakistan wanted to try such people
because non-state actors had embarrassed the country and
tarnished its image. PTI RHL
PMR
NNNN
Islamabad, Jan 31 (PTI) Ahead of a crucial meeting of top
officials here to discuss the preliminary report on Pakistan's
probe into India's dossier on the Mumbai attacks, Islamabad
has said its response will be shared with New Delhi "as soon
as possible" after the legal process is over.
"Pakistan stands committed to bringing the perpetrators
to justice... Media is requested not to speculate on the
outcome of the inquiry till it is made public," an Interior
Ministry spokesman said.
He said Pakistan's "response will be shared with the
government of India through diplomatic channels after due
legal process as soon as possible".
His remark came ahead of a high-level meeting to be
chaired by Pakistan's Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik
today to discuss the preliminary report on Pakistan's probe
into the dossier provided by India on the 26/11 attacks.
A three-member team of the Federal Investigation Agency,
set up to examine the Indian dossier and other aspects of the
on the Mumbai incident, submitted its report to Malik Friday.
The meeting to be chaired by Malik will be attended by
top officials of the Interior and Law ministries.
The investigation team had covered "every aspect" of the
Mumbai attacks in its report, sources were quoted as saying by
The News daily.
The report has termed the information provided by India
as "insufficient", the sources said.
"I have seen the report and forwarded it to Interior
Secretary Syed Kamal Shah for further examining it in
consultation with the Ministry of Law," Malik told reporters
after a meeting with FIA officials late Friday night.
"I must reassure the international community that the
perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks would be brought to
justice," he said.
An earlier Pakistani media report had said that the
investigation team had concluded that the Mumbai attacks were
not planned on Pakistani soil.
Malik had directed the investigation team on January 17
to complete its preliminary probe within 10 days. The team was
subsequently given more time to complete its work.
The team's report is expected to be made public only
after Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani returns to Pakistan
from the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Pakistani officials have also said that if any Pakistani
national is found to be involved in the Mumbai attacks, he
will be tried in accordance with the country's laws and will
not be handed over to India.
Any such trial will be held in camera, official sources
told PTI.
The sources said Pakistan wanted to try such people
because non-state actors had embarrassed the country and
tarnished its image. PTI RHL
PMR
NNNN
