Pak committed to bringing terrorists to justice: Malik

Islamabad, June 13 (PTI) Pakistan is committed to
bringing the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks to justice and
India should cooperate with it in the probe into the terrorist
assault, Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik told Indian
envoy Sharat Sabharwal Saturday.

Sabharwal, who sought the meeting with Malik, was
briefed by Malik on Pakistan's probe into the attacks that
killed over 180 people in November last year.

Pakistan is committed to bringing the perpetrators of
the attacks to justice and is sincere about pursuing the case
against them, official sources quoted Malik as telling the
Indian envoy.

Five Lashker-e-Toiba operatives, including Zakiur
Rehman Lakhvi and Zarar Shah, are currently facing trial in
a Pakistani anti-terror court for the alleged involvement in
the attacks.

Malik made it clear this would be a "complicated and
long process" and there is a need for India and Pakistan to
work together to take the investigation forward, the sources
told PTI.

It is understood that the recent release from
detention of Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed on the
order of the Lahore High Court also figured in the discussions
between Malik and Sabharwal.

Saeed was put under house arrest in December last year
after the UN Security Council declared the JuD a front for the
LeT, which is blamed by India for the Mumbai attacks.

India has expressed concern at the release of Saeed,
saying it raised questions about Pakistan's sincerity in
tackling terrorism emanating from its soil. Pakistan has said
that the country's judiciary is independent and that it
intends to appeal against the High Court's order.

The talks between Malik and Sabharwal came three days
ahead of a meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and
President Asif Ali Zardari on the sidelines of the Shanghai
Cooperation Organisation summit in Russia. PTI RHL
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