Mumbai attacks: Pakistan replies to India's demarche
Pakistan has replied to the demarche or the protest lodged by India last week on the Mumbai attacks. In the reply Islamabad has said it is ready for a joint investigation into Mumbai attacks and has offered to send a high-level investigating team to assist in the probe.
The reply also says Pakistan won't allow it's territory to be used by terror groups.
The reply was handed over to the Indian High Commission on Monday.
Earlier, the man believed to be the main planner of the Mumbai attacks has reportedly been arrested.
Lashkar-e-Toiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhwi was arrested in Pakistan occupied Kashmir. Away from the media gaze, the offices of the Jamaat-ud-Dawah, the political front for the Lashkar, were raided in Muzaffarabad in PoK.
But sources say this is the peace formula being pushed by Washington, and its slowly taking shape.
Late on Sunday, the Pakistan security forces, including the army, launched a secretive crackdown on activists of the LeT and its front organisation Jamaat-ud-Dawah in PoK, and across Pakistan. Helicopters were used in the operation in Muzaffarabad.
There was no immediate official word on the crackdown.
Meanwhile, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said the attack on Mumbai was also an attack on Pakistan's democratic government.
In an article in the New York Times, Zardari said, "The Mumbai attacks were directed not only at India but also at Pakistan's new democratic government and the peace process with India that we have initiated. Pakistan is shocked at the terrorist attacks in Mumbai."
Empathising with the problems of India, he said that Pakistan can identify with India's pain.
"I feel this pain every time I look into the eyes of my children. Pakistan is committed to the pursuit, arrest, trial and punishment of anyone involved in these heinous attacks. But we caution against hasty judgments and inflammatory statements," Zardari said.
Pakistan has replied to the demarche or the protest lodged by India last week on the Mumbai attacks. In the reply Islamabad has said it is ready for a joint investigation into Mumbai attacks and has offered to send a high-level investigating team to assist in the probe.
The reply also says Pakistan won't allow it's territory to be used by terror groups.
The reply was handed over to the Indian High Commission on Monday.
Earlier, the man believed to be the main planner of the Mumbai attacks has reportedly been arrested.
Lashkar-e-Toiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhwi was arrested in Pakistan occupied Kashmir. Away from the media gaze, the offices of the Jamaat-ud-Dawah, the political front for the Lashkar, were raided in Muzaffarabad in PoK.
But sources say this is the peace formula being pushed by Washington, and its slowly taking shape.
Late on Sunday, the Pakistan security forces, including the army, launched a secretive crackdown on activists of the LeT and its front organisation Jamaat-ud-Dawah in PoK, and across Pakistan. Helicopters were used in the operation in Muzaffarabad.
There was no immediate official word on the crackdown.
Meanwhile, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said the attack on Mumbai was also an attack on Pakistan's democratic government.
In an article in the New York Times, Zardari said, "The Mumbai attacks were directed not only at India but also at Pakistan's new democratic government and the peace process with India that we have initiated. Pakistan is shocked at the terrorist attacks in Mumbai."
Empathising with the problems of India, he said that Pakistan can identify with India's pain.
"I feel this pain every time I look into the eyes of my children. Pakistan is committed to the pursuit, arrest, trial and punishment of anyone involved in these heinous attacks. But we caution against hasty judgments and inflammatory statements," Zardari said.
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