By IANS,
New Delhi : Weary of Pakistan’s repeated demands for more information even after receiving six dossiers on the Mumbai terrorist attackers, India Friday made it clear that it was now time for action and for Islamabad to decide what kind of relationship it wants with New Delhi.
Official sources Friday pointed out that India was looking for “speedy, transparent and meaningful action” against perpetrators of the Mumbai carnage and stressed that evidence provided so far was enough to prosecute Hafiz Saeed and other Pakistani militants involved in the 26/11 terrorist attack.
They pointed out that India has regularly given information and evidence about the role of Pakistani militants in the Mumbai attacks, and will share more as and when more evidence surfaces.
Islamabad has acknowledged that the planning, plotting and conspiracy were hatched in Pakistan and it is up to them to act, the sources said. “They have all the information at their command. India is only assisting this process,” a source said.
Substanative information has been given to Pakistan about the role of Saeed, the alleged mastermind of Mumbai terror spree, the sources said.
Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rehman Malik Thursday said the sixth dossier India provided about a fortnight ago on the Mumbai attackers was a “rehash of information” contained in previous documents, indicating that it was inadequate for taking action against Saeed.
“The last dossier from India was a rehash of information received in previous dossiers,” Pakistan’s Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said in Islamabad. The spokesman, however, did not say how Pakistan intended to deal with Saeed, for whom Interpol recently issued a Red Corner Notice.
The trial of suspects arrested by Pakistani authorities in connection with the Mumbai attacks is proceeding and Islamabad is “serious about bringing the perpetrators to book”, Basit said.
Unhappy with Pakistan’s lack of action against the Mumbai attackers after the Sharm el-Sheikh summit between the prime ministers of the two countries July 16, India has decided to put on hold a meeting between the foreign secretaries who were expected to meet this month.
Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao is unlikely to go to Islamabad for talks with her Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir before the foreign ministers of the two countries meet in New York later this month, the sources said.