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| India favours joint probes with Pakistan | | | NEW DELHI, JAN 23
India has forwarded a proposal to Pakistan seeking discussions on formation of a joint investigation team during a meeting of the two countries' Foreign Ministers next month in New Delhi.
Pakistan introduced the idea of a joint body to investigate terrorist incidents in both countries last year and the Indian proposal is a follow-up of this idea, according to a Pakistani newspaper, Daily Times. Quoting unidentified sources, the publication said that the proposal came after Indian intelligence agencies arrested three Christians from Sindh allegedly planning a terrorist attack in India for the purpose of fuelling tensions between the two countries.
The Pak publication quoted these sources as saying that the three Christians told Indian investigators that they planned to attack various churches, not on the instructions of Pakistan, but "another party" that wanted to derail the peace initiatives taken up by the two countries. The sources did not say who "another party" was.
"Pakistan and India will have to decide not to accuse each other's intelligence agencies of terrorist attacks after the joint investigation team detects who is behind these attacks," a source familiar with the Indian proposal said. He said India wanted to change the agenda of the meeting of Foreign Ministers in February and discuss modalities for the formation of the joint team. |
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