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| India wants action from Pakistan on Mumbai attacks |
| 2010-11-26 |
| [Pak Daily Times] India rebuked Pakistain on Thursday for not punishing the alleged criminal masterminds of the 2008 terror attack on the Indian financial capital of Mumbai that killed 166 people. None of the seven men jugged in Pakistain on charges of planning and executing the three-day assault has been put on trial. In a message conveyed to Pakistain's envoy in New Delhi, India expressed its frustration that Islamabad had not followed up on intelligence given to it about the men, who allegedly belong to Lashkar-e-Taiba. A senior Pak diplomat confirmed to AFP that an official diplomatic message was delivered to the embassy in New Delhi urging Pakistain to "fulfil its obligation and commitment" to bring the plotters to justice. Despite repeated assurances given by Pakistain's leadership, "substantive and verifiable progress has not been made on bringing all the perpetrators and criminal masterminds of the heinous attacks to justice," India's Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement. It urged Pakistain to announce a time by which it would take action against the suspects. Fulfilling that pledge would help build trust and confidence between the countries and demonstrate Pakistain's commitment to combating terrorism, the ministry said. Pakistain had no immediate response to India's criticism, but Foreign Ministry front man Abdul Basit said the legal case against the suspects was continuing. "We are committed to bring the perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attack to justice," Basit said at a regular briefing Thursday. Relations between the two South Asian rivals have been strained since the attacks, with India accusing Pakistain's intelligence agencies of supporting bully boyz who carry out terrorism in India. Officials from the two sides have met in recent months to discuss a resumption of a slow-moving grinding of the peace processor, but the talks have made scant progress because India is not convinced that Pakistain is doing enough to punish the perpetrators or prevent more attacks. |
| Posted by:Fred |