Pakistan to help India in fight against terrorism

Pakistan on Tuesday asked India to share evidence and information regarding Abu Jundal, the 26/11 handler arrested by Saudi Arabia and deported to India.
Visiting Pakistani Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani said his government had requested New Delhi to share evidence on Abu Jundal.
Jundal has admitted being involved in the 26/11 attacks conspiracy.
The foreign secretary further said his government would extend to India every possible help in its fight against terrorism. Pakistani authorities had on Monday claimed that 40 Indian nationals were also involved in the Mumbai attacks. “Our information is that there were at least 40 Indian nationals who helped the attackers. We want India to come clean on this,” an unnamed official of Pakistan’s Foreign Office was quoted as saying.
The official further claimed Indian authorities had “always been reluctant to give us the full picture” of the investigation into the Mumbai attacks. “When a Pakistani judicial commission visited India to collect evidence, it was stopped from cross-examining the witnesses,” he claimed.
Pakistan could take “decisive action” if it is provided details of the investigation, the official claimed. “We cannot act on hearsay,” he said.
Indian officials have maintained that an agreement finalised between Delhi and Islamabad before the commission’s visit made it very clear that the panel would not be allowed to cross-examine witnesses.
Earlier, Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani arrived in New Delhi to hold talks with his Indian counterpart Ranjan Mathai on various bilateral issues including visa, trade, disputes on Siachin, Sir Creek, Kashmir, and others.
Talking to reporters, Jilani said Pakistan wanted peace with all its neighbors especially with India and wanted to resolve every dispute with New Delhi which would benefit people of both countries.
About the much hyped case of Indian prisoner on death row in Pakistan, Sarabjit Singh, he said the issue had already been taken at the level of home ministers of two countries who were looking into it.
The foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan will meet today (Wednesday) to discuss various outstanding issues. The two diplomats are also likely to finalise a date for External Affairs Minister SM Krishna’s visit to Islamabad to review the progress in the dialogue process with his Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar.