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| Indo-Pak anti-terror mechanism meet tomorrow | | | New Delhi | Oct 21
The Indo-Pak anti-terror mechanism (ATM) will meet here tomorrow when New Delhi is expected to seek to know the action Islamabad has taken in tracking down suspects of cross-border Samjhauta Express blasts and other attacks here.
India is likely to provide more evidence about involvement of Pakistan-based elements in terrorist acts in this country at the delayed second meeting of the ATM, which is taking place in the backdrop of recent blasts in Hyderabad and Ludhiana.
At the first meeting of the ATM, the Indian side had handed over a photo of a suspected Pakistani national believed to be involved in the bomb blast on Samjhauta Express on February 18 in Panipat when the train was heading for Lahore.
Pakistan was also given the photograph of an unclaimed body recovered from the site of the Mumbai train blasts in July last year.
New Delhi had also given evidence with regard to the involvement of Pakistan-based terror groups in the attacks in Delhi, Varanasi and Ayodhya besides in Hyderabad two years back.
At tomorrow's meeting, the Indian side will be seeking to know the action Pakistan has taken to track down the suspects of these and other terror acts.
The Indian side will be led by K C Singh, Additional Secretary (International Organisations) in the Ministry of External Affairs, while the Pakistani delegation will be headed by Khalid Aziz Babar, Additional Secretary (UN) in the Foreign Ministry. At the first ATM meeting, the Indian side had forwarded "confessions" by a Lashker-e-Taiba militant and Pakistani national on his role in the 2005 bombing of the police headquarters in Hyderabad and requested for an update on the probe at the next round of talks.
Pakistan had agreed to share "specific information" on terror-related acts through the mechanism to help investigations and prevent more such incidents.
It was also agreed that while the ATM would meet on quarterly basis, any information which is required to be provided on priority basis would be immediately conveyed to the respective heads of the mechanism.
The next meeting, however, could not take place after three months as Pakistan's pointsman retired and the government there took time in deciding his successor. |
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