Pakistan said India should not point fingers without evidence after Mumbai police blamed Pakistani spies and militants on Saturday for a series of blasts that killed 186 people in July. "It is baseless, it is irresponsible and (done) out of habit," Tasnim Aslam, Pakistan's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said.
 Has anyone but me noticed that the Paks don't seem to be conducting their own independent investigations into these atrocities that occur on Indian soil and are so recklessly blamed on them? If I was president, and the nation was blamed for something we hadn't done, like, f'rinstance, an unprovoked attack on the parliament of Canada, I'd be taking active measures to clear our name. I'd probably establish an independent body to conduct a separate investigation from the one I'd certainly order done by the CIA and/or the FBI. I might even request that the Brits, the Frenchies, and the Germans lend unbiased assistance; not having an ax to grind, I'd be sure they'd either clear our national name or find where the rogues were within our organization. If there did turn out to be rogues, I'd have them tried and executed for treason, since the government is expected to make foreign policy, not a bunch of mid-level functionaries who meet for bowling on Wednesday nights. |
The ministry said later in a statement that Indian officials kept making unsubstantiated accusations against Pakistan for propaganda purposes to draw attention away from several insurgencies inside India.
| They usually don't blame the Assam terrorists or the Nagas on the Paks. They often blame nasty actions originating in Bangla on the ISI, and usually they blame major infrastructure attacks on them. |
The bombing of rush-hour commuter trains and stations in Mumbai killed 186 and wounded hundreds on July 11.
| I'm not an Indian, and the Paks were the first suspects to pop into my mind, too. |
The allegations leveled by Mumbai police against Pakistan's military spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), and the militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba coincided with President Pervez Musharraf's return home after nearly three weeks abroad. "India has always chosen this path of pointing fingers at Pakistan without evidence," Tariq Azim Khan, Minister of State for Information, said. "If they have any evidence, they should provide us evidence and we will carry out our investigations."
| If Pak took wasn't involved, and wanted to clear itself, it would be sending its own agents to find out who really dunnit. A few Perry Mason moments would shut the Indos up — assuming they were wrong. |
A spokesman for Lashkar, one of the most feared militant groups fighting Indian rule in Kashmir, denied the organization's involvement. |