Pak asks India to give more info on 26/11 as soon as possible

Rezaul H Laskar

Islamabad, May 7 (PTI) Pakistan Thursday asked India to
provide additional information on the Mumbai attacks "as soon
as possible" so that it could put up a "credible prosecution"
of all persons arrested by it for involvement in the terrorist
strikes.

Pakistan will not be able to "put up a credible
prosecution" of the persons arrested for alleged involvement
in the terror attacks if New Delhi does not provide the
additional information sought by Islamabad, Foreign Office
spokesman Abdul Basit said.

Pakistan is "very serious" about bringing to justice the
persons it has arrested and it is thus necessary for India to
provide the additional information and evidence "as soon as
possible," Basit told a weekly news briefing.

He was responding to a question on reported comments by
Indian leaders about Pakistan not being serious about taking
action against the persons it has arrested.

India has provided a dossier on the Mumbai attacks and
responded to Pakistan's 30 questions seeking additional
information. Pakistan handed over to India another request for
additional information last month.

Basit said it would have been better if "India had
provided all information in the first instance and not in
instalments".

Pakistani authorities recently submitted a chargesheet
against five Lashker-e-Taiba operatives –- Zakiur Rehman
lakhvi, Zarar Shah, Hamad Amin Sadiq, Abu al Qama and Shahid
Jameel Riaz -– arrested for alleged involvement in the Mumbai
attacks.

An anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi is conducting the
trial of the five LeT operatives. PTI RHL
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