In the face of India's strong demand to Pakistan to crackdown on the perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attacks, Islamabad has asked New Delhi to share information that it has as without evidence it cannot move ahead with the probe.
A "sustained and pragmatic cooperation" between the two sides was needed to proceed ahead with the investigations on the Mumbai terror attacks, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said.
Speaking hours after the Pakistan government banned the Jamaat, put its chief Hafiz Mohammed Saeed under house arrest and sealed several offices of the terrorist group across the country, Qureshi said India had so far not shared any information or evidence on the attacks despite requests from Pakistan.
"Any criminal investigation proceeds from the scene of crime to the criminal...Pakistan has repeatedly underscored the need for serious, sustained and pragmatic cooperation between Pakistan and India to combat terrorism in either country," Qureshi said in a statement yesterday.
India has blamed Pakistan-based LeT and its front organisation Jamaat-ud-Dawah for planning and carrying out the Mumbai attacks on November 26 that killed 179 180 people.
He said Pakistan had also proposed the establishment of a joint commission and the launching of a joint investigation "in an earnest effort to move forward in an area which equally concerns both Pakistan and India".
"However, our own investigations cannot proceed beyond a certain point without provision of credible information and evidence pertaining to Mumbai attacks. Despite our requests, no evidence or information has been shared with the government by India so far," Qureshi said.
