Pak says will not hand over any terror suspect

A day after New Delhi said it would confront Pakistan with evidence of its involvement in the Mumbai blasts, Pakistan today promised action against any of its national with link to the attack but said it 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. "At the same time, nobody would be handed over," she said when asked about Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon's statement yesterday that India would confront Pakistan with evidence of ISI's involvement in the blasts.

She termed as "propagandist" Mumbai Police Commissioner AN Roy's remark that ISI masterminded the blasts, carried out by Lashkar-e-Toiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed and SIMI.

She said Menon had not spoken about involvement of the ISI. "Indian foreign secretary did not say ISI was involved. It was Mumbai police commissioner who made these allegations".

Asked if India had forwarded evidence, she said, "We have not received anything yet."

"We have already said Mumbai police's allegations, like the earlier ones, are not based on facts. They are propagandist and Indian officials and media have been doing this in the past too," she said.

"The purpose of such statements is to divert attention from indigenous elements who are behind terror attacks in Mumbai and Malegaon. This is all internal. This is another effort to externalise an internal malaise," she said.