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| Pakistan says no confession in Mumbai link probe |
| 2009-01-02 |
| The Interior Ministry on Thursday denied reports that a Lashkar-e-Tayyaba operative arrested last month had confessed to involvement in the Mumbai attacks. "We have no such information. We don't accept that report," Spokesman Shahidullah Baig told AFP, adding no conclusions could be reached until investigations were completed. A senior government official told AFP no conclusions could be drawn from Pakistan's investigations until India shares key evidence with Islamabad about the attacks. The official, who asked not to be named, added that New Delhi has stated that its probe is ongoing. "We are currently engaged in the process of our own investigation," Foreign Ministry spokesman Muhammad Sadiq said in his first online briefing to journalists. "We also await evidence from India to enable our own investigations to make progress," he added. Infrastructure: Sadiq also rejected allegations of Indian media that there was a 'terrorist infrastructure' in Pakistan. Terrorism is a global issue, he said, and India and other countries should cooperate with Pakistan rather than making allegations. Sadiq reiterated Pakistan's offer to cooperate with India to investigate the Mumbai attacks. ISI: To a question about the commitment of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency to the war on terror, the spokesman said all Pakistani institutions were committed to fighting terrorism, "therefore vilifying Pakistan or for that matter any of its state institutions on this score is unwarranted and unacceptable". "In the given situation, what is needed is more accurate alignment in the perception and interests of Afghanistan, Pakistan, US/NATO and countries in the region that have stakes in the struggle against terrorism," he said. |
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