Pak to declare findings of Mumbai attack probe 'within days'

Rezaul H Laskar

Islamabad, Feb 4 (PTI) Pakistan Wednesday said the findings of its probe into the Mumbai terror attacks will be made public "within days" after all possible angles are thoroughly investigated.

"Within days, the Foreign Ministry will completely
declare (the findings of Pakistan's probe into the Mumbai
incident)," Minister of State for Interior Tasnim Ahmad
Qureshi told reporters on the sidelines of a function here
without giving details.

He said all intelligence agencies, including the ISI, are
assisting the government in probing the Mumbai attacks.

The government will "not act in haste like India" and
point fingers at anyone, Qureshi said.

Authorities are conducting a thorough investigation and
will make the results public once the probe is completed, he
said.

The government is taking its time to probe the matter
from all possible angles, the minister said.

It is widely expected that the Foreign Ministry will
announce the findings of Pakistan's probe into India's dossier
and other aspects of the Mumbai incident later this week.

There has been no official word on the findings of the
probe conducted by a three-member team of officials from the
Federal Investigation Agency, which recently submitted its
preliminary report to the Interior Ministry.

Sources told PTI that this report had been vetted by ISI
before being passed on to Foreign and Law ministries.

Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Shahid Malik
arrived here yesterday for consultations on finalising the
country's response to the Indian dossier.

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has made it
clear that the action will be taken under Pakistani laws
against any persons found to be linked to the Mumbai attacks
and they will not be handed over to India. PTI RHL