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Sabre-rattling Malik launches verbal war on India over complicity in Mumbai attack |
Pakistan Interior Minister
Rehman Malik, it seems, is now unable handle the pressure being applied by India
to urge Islamabad to act sincerely in the November 2008 Mumbai attack case. Malik
went on the counter-offensive during an interaction with media persons after attending
a meeting to review the security arrangements of educational institutions, and
said that 'enough is enough', India should now stop blaming Pakistan for the Mumbai
attacks. "We have been continuously accused (of involvement in the Mumbai attacks
by India) ... enough is enough," The Daily Times quoted Malik, as saying. Commenting
on the Mumbai attack trial, Malik once again accused India of being unsupportive
in the 26/11 probe and said that the government would not hesitate to detain Hafiz
Saeed, Lashkar-e-Taiba's (LeT) founder leader and the alleged mastermind of the
Mumbai terror attacks, if it gathers sufficient proof against him. "Pakistan would
definitely take action against Hafiz Saeed if he was found guilty, but the government
could not take action against any citizen of the country without solid proof against
him," he said. Malik said that Islamabad not only has substantial proof regarding
New Delhi's involvement in fanning the Baloch insurgency, but it also has evidence
about India's hand in terror activities across Pakistan. "We have solid evidence
that not only in Balochistan but India is involved in almost every terrorist activity
in Pakistan," he added. Referring to recent apprehensions raised by Prime Minister
Dr. Manmohan Singh and Home Minister P.Chidambaram over Pakistan's deteriorating
scenario, Malik asked his Indian counterpart to solve his internal issues first
and then accuse the neighbouring country. " Chidambaram should first take care
of his own country and then blame Pakistan. Don't threaten us. We can give better
ones to you," Malik said. He said New Delhi should arrest the culprits of the
Samjhota Express bombing, and the assassins of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi
instead of blaming Pakistan for being incapable of coping with terrorists. Malik
stressed that Islamabad's demand for the resumption of the composite dialogue
between both countries should not be considered as its 'weakness'. "If we talk
about composite dialogue, they should not consider it our weakness at all. We
are a nuclear state and not so weak. We better know how to retaliate," he added. |
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