Days after it rubbished the evidence implicating the involvement of ‘elements’ holed up inside its territories in the Mumbai terror attacks, the Pakistani establishment on Tuesday said it has decided to conduct a "credible investigation" to "professionally analyse" the information.
New Delhi had on Monday pinned Islamabad to the wall by summoning Pakistan High Commissioner Shahid Malik and handing over to him “material” proving Pakistani involvement in the Mumbai terror attacks.
President Asif Ali Zardari and Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani discussed the regional situation during a meeting on Tuesday and decided "to carry out a credible investigation of the evidence provided by India," said - The News – a leading Pak daily.
They also agreed that Pakistan should extend "complete cooperation to India in the investigations".
Zardari and Gilani however said that anyone found guilty of involvement would be tried in accordance with Pakistani law and “no one will be handed over to India."
Information Minister Sherry Rehman on Tuesday said Pakistan should be provided access to the scene of crime so that it could push forward its own probe into the Mumbai attacks.
India and Pakistan on Tuesday once again traded angry words after India insinuated that Pakistan's official agencies may have been involved in the Mumbai terror strikes.
Hours after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that some official agencies had backed the attacks, Pakistan issued a strongly worded statement to refute the charges.
Media reports quoted sources as saying that Zardari and Gilani had rejected Singh's comments.
On Monday, India handed over a dossier on its probe into the Mumbai attacks to Pakistan, asking it to take action and calling on the international community to rightly assess the threat posed to the world by Pakistan’s refusal to fulfill its obligations.
New Delhi had on Monday pinned Islamabad to the wall by summoning Pakistan High Commissioner Shahid Malik and handing over to him “material” proving Pakistani involvement in the Mumbai terror attacks.
President Asif Ali Zardari and Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani discussed the regional situation during a meeting on Tuesday and decided "to carry out a credible investigation of the evidence provided by India," said - The News – a leading Pak daily.
They also agreed that Pakistan should extend "complete cooperation to India in the investigations".
Zardari and Gilani however said that anyone found guilty of involvement would be tried in accordance with Pakistani law and “no one will be handed over to India."
Information Minister Sherry Rehman on Tuesday said Pakistan should be provided access to the scene of crime so that it could push forward its own probe into the Mumbai attacks.
India and Pakistan on Tuesday once again traded angry words after India insinuated that Pakistan's official agencies may have been involved in the Mumbai terror strikes.
Hours after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that some official agencies had backed the attacks, Pakistan issued a strongly worded statement to refute the charges.
Media reports quoted sources as saying that Zardari and Gilani had rejected Singh's comments.
On Monday, India handed over a dossier on its probe into the Mumbai attacks to Pakistan, asking it to take action and calling on the international community to rightly assess the threat posed to the world by Pakistan’s refusal to fulfill its obligations.
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