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No decision from Pakistan on sending team to India for probe into Mumbai terror attacks
Pakistan is yet to make a decision on sending an investigative team to India as part of its probe into the Mumbai terror attacks, though the issue is being considered by the government, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said.
- Agencies
- Published: 23:06 February 21, 2009
Islamabad: Pakistan is yet to make a decision on sending an investigative team to India as part of its probe into the Mumbai terror attacks, though the issue is being considered by the government, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said.
Richard Holbrooke, the US Special Envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan, had told Pakistani leaders during his recent visit to the country that India is willing to "let in Pakistani investigators to share further information on the Mumbai incident", Gilani said.
"So we are considering sending an FIA [Federal Investigation Agency] team to India, but no decision has been taken in this regard as yet," he said on Friday.
The FIA conducted a probe into the Mumbai attacks after India handed over its dossier on the incident to Pakistan on January 5.
Meanwhile, a seven-member FBI team from the US is expected to visit Pakistan this week to follow up the findings of the probe conducted by authorities in Pakistan.
The visit by the FBI team has been cleared by the Foreign Office, diplomatic sources said.
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