Pakistan has launched a fresh probe into the 7/7 bombings after a request from the British High Commission (BHC) for complete record of phone calls made from Samundri teshil of Faisalabad district to London, official sources told Daily Times on Sunday.Interior ministry sources said that BHC in Islamabad had recently informed Pakistan about suspected phone calls made from Samundri to London and vice versa prior to the bombings.
National Crisis Management Cell (NCMC) Director General (DG) and interior ministry spokesman Javed Iqbal Cheema said that the Government of Pakistan did receive such requests from time to time. "Though I do not have specific information about a fresh request from the United Kingdom in this regard, if so, it is a routine matter."
When asked about existence of an extradition treaty with the UK, Cheema said though there was no specific agreement in place between the two governments, they shared secret information under a Commonwealth obligation.
The sources said during his recent visit to Pakistan, British Foreign Minister David Miliband had expressed satisfaction over investigations into the July 7/7 bombing. They said Pakistan and the UK had entered into an extradition treaty in 1960 but it was not operational.
The sources said that the interior ministry's special cell in Faisalabad district was checking the record of all international calls made to London or somewhere else.