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Interaction with Pak must be based on trust, which must be verified: PM | The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, on Monday said that interaction with the Pakistani leadership in connection with the 26/11 terror attack case would have to be based on trust, but a trust that would have to be verified from time to time. Responding to a question on what
would India's reaction be if it was confronted by another 26/11 attack from Pakistani
soil, Dr. Singh said that last week Home Minister P. Chidambaram had visited Pakistan
and conveyed New Delhi's views on the 26/11 case and on Hafiz Saeed, and had apparently
received a favourable response. "I think there is some hope. As I have said, in
dealing with Pakistan, out attitude has to be 1trust-trust but verify.' So, only
time will tell which way it will turn," Dr. Singh said The Prime Minister's statement
assumes significance in the wake of India telling Pakistan to catch hold of at
least six 26/11 handlers and controllers, including two suspected officers of
the Pakistan Army, identified as Brigadier Riaz and Major Abdur Rehman, who continue
to have a free run on the Pakistani soil. Chidambaram has sought immediate action
against the Pakistan-based handlers of those who executed the Mumbai attacks -
Sajid Mir, Major Abdur Rehman alias Pasha, Brigadier Riaz, Abu Qahafa, Abu al
Qama and Abu Hamza. Chidambaram suggested that Pakistan's Federal Investigative
Agency (FIA) make sincere efforts to seek out the accused and place them under
investigation. He also suggested to his Pakistani counterpart Rehman Malik that
once these handlers are in the police net, they should be questioned to confirm
their whereabouts during the 2008 attacks to rule out any alibis. He also left
it to Islamabad to obtain their voice samples and match them with the tapes of
26/11 conversations between the Mumbai attackers and their Pakistan-based handlers
furnished by India. Once the voices match, their complicity would be established
beyond doubt, home ministry sources said. |
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