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Islamabad wants to see evidence against terror group
Pakistan on Friday pressed India to share evidence from the Mumbai attacks, warning that efforts to prosecute key suspects rounded up in Pakistan will be hamstrung without it.
- AP
- Published: 00:39 December 13, 2008
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Islamabad: Pakistan on Friday pressed India to share evidence from the Mumbai attacks, warning that efforts to prosecute key suspects rounded up in Pakistan will be hamstrung without it.
India says Pakistan must dismantle the militant group blamed for last month's attack, which left 173 dead, including nine gunmen, and raised tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals.
Pakistan, under pressure from the US to avoid a crisis that would divert Islamabad from battling the Taliban and Al-Qaida on its Afghan border, has arrested two alleged masterminds of the assault.
On Thursday, it clamped down on an Islamic charity after the UN branded it a front for Lashkar-e-Taiba, the Pakistan-based guerrilla group blamed for the Mumbai attacks.
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmoud Qureshi said yesterday that Pakistan firmly believed its territory should not be used to commit any act of terrorism.
"However, our own investigations cannot proceed beyond a certain point without provision of credible information and evidence pertaining to Mumbai attacks," Qureshi said in a televised statement.
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