By IRNA,
Islamabad : Pakistan on Thursday dismissed as preposterous the US court decision to summon the officials of the country’s intelligence agency in the 2008 attacks in the Indian commercial city of Mumbai.
A US court has summoned top officials of Pakistani spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks in response to a case filed by relatives of two American victims.
“Pakistan is committed to bring the perpetrators of Mumbai terror attacks to justice, so dragging intelligence agencies into this in any manner is preposterous,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Abdul Basit said when he was asked bout the US court decision.
The spokesman said he has no exact or fuller details of the American court decision.
However, he pointed out that trial against seven accused in the Mumbai attack is underway in Pakistan.
Reports suggest that summons were issued by a New York court to ISI’s powerful chief, Lt. Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha and other officials, as also Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander Zakiur Rahman Lakhvi and Jamaat-ud Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed, the alleged masterminds of the Nov 26-29, 2008 Mumbai terror attack.
Pakistani government has denied any involvement but the country’s interior minister Rehman Malik admits that parts of the Mumbai attacks plans were prepared in Pakistan.
The 26-page lawsuit was filed before a Brooklyn court last week by family members of Rabbi Gavriel Noach Holtzberg and his pregnant wife, Rivka, who were among the 166 people killed during the attack.
The suit alleges that ISI ‘provided critical planning, material support, control and coordination for the attacks’ to the Pakistan-based militant group LeT, which has been blamed for the 26/11 siege.
The LeT is also named in the suit.