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| Mumbai blasts; Pak says it will not hand over any suspect | | | ISLAMBAD, OCT 2
A day after New Delhi said it would confront Islamabad with the evidence of its involvement in the Mumbai blasts, Pakistan today promised it will take action against any of its nationals having links with the attack if provided information about it but would not hand over any suspect.
If "India feels it is not propagandist and it feels that it has some information that suggests links with some people, some kind of connection, yes, we will take action and help India investigate," Foreign Office Spokesperson Tasnim Aslam told reporters here.
However, she made it clear that Pakistan would not hand over anybody to India. "But at the same time nobody would be handed over," she said.
She was asked about Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon's statement yesterday that India would confront Pakistan with the evidence of ISI's involvement in Mumbai blasts.
She termed as "propogandist" Mumbai police commissioner A N Roy's assertions that ISI mastermined the blasts which was carried out by activists of Lashkar-e-Toiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed and SIMI.
She said Menon has not spoken about involvement of ISI. "Indian Foreign Secretary did not say ISI was involved. It was Mumbai Police Commissioner who made these allegations".
Asked whether India had forwarded evidence, she said "we have not received anything yet."
Aslam said Indian officials have been making allegations to the Indian media about involvement of Pakistan in the violence.
"We have already said Mumbai police allegations like the earlier allegations are not based on facts. They are propagandist and Indian officials and media are doing this in the past."
"The purpose of issuing such statements is to divert attention from Indian indigenous elements by India who are behind terror attacks in Mumbai and Malegaon. This is all internal. This is another effort to externalise internal malaise," she said.
Asked whether India's focus on terror is aimed at sidelining the Kashmir issue, she said "no core issue can be sidelined and put on the backburner. Terror is a problem and menace that affects all of us generally. There is no question between the two". |
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