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Mumbai dossier 'is not evidence' | Mumbai dossier 'is not evidence' |
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Pakistan says a dossier provided by India as evidence that links the Mumbai (Bombay) attacks to elements in Pakistan is merely "information". | |
PM Yousuf Raza Gilani said Pakistan was still examining the dossier. | PM Yousuf Raza Gilani said Pakistan was still examining the dossier. |
Separately, India's interior minister accused Pakistan of doing nothing and said ties could "snap" if it did not help in probing the attacks. | Separately, India's interior minister accused Pakistan of doing nothing and said ties could "snap" if it did not help in probing the attacks. |
Relations between India and Pakistan have deteriorated sharply since the November attacks which left 173 dead. | |
Earlier this month, India handed over to Pakistan what it described as evidence of the involvement of elements in Pakistan to the deadly attacks. | Earlier this month, India handed over to Pakistan what it described as evidence of the involvement of elements in Pakistan to the deadly attacks. |
The evidence is said to include the interrogation of the surviving gunman, details of phone conversations between the attackers and weapons information. | The evidence is said to include the interrogation of the surviving gunman, details of phone conversations between the attackers and weapons information. |
'Nothing provided' | 'Nothing provided' |
Mr Gilani said he hoped India would agree to a joint investigation into the attacks. | Mr Gilani said he hoped India would agree to a joint investigation into the attacks. |
"All that has been received formally from India is some information," Mr Gilani told the National Assembly. | |
"I say 'information' because these are not evidence. This needs to be carefully examined. Serious, sustained and pragmatic co-operation is the way forward." | |
Pakistan has said it will punish any of its citizens if "credible" evidence is found of their involvement in the attacks. | Pakistan has said it will punish any of its citizens if "credible" evidence is found of their involvement in the attacks. |
Asked what Pakistan was doing to co-operate with the investigation, Indian Interior Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram told the UK's Times newspaper: "Zero. What have they provided? Nothing. | |
"There are many, many links between India and Pakistan, and if Pakistan does not co-operate and does not help to bring the perpetrators to heel, those ties will become weaker and weaker and one day snap," he said. | "There are many, many links between India and Pakistan, and if Pakistan does not co-operate and does not help to bring the perpetrators to heel, those ties will become weaker and weaker and one day snap," he said. |
UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Tuesday that Pakistan had a primary responsibility to act against those who carried out the Mumbai attacks. | UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Tuesday that Pakistan had a primary responsibility to act against those who carried out the Mumbai attacks. |
Mr Miliband said he did not believe the attacks had been "directed by the Pakistani state", but links could clearly be traced to Pakistan-based group Lashkar-e-Taiba. | Mr Miliband said he did not believe the attacks had been "directed by the Pakistani state", but links could clearly be traced to Pakistan-based group Lashkar-e-Taiba. |
India says all 10 gunmen were from Lashkar-e-Taiba. | India says all 10 gunmen were from Lashkar-e-Taiba. |
Pakistan admitted last week that the only surviving gunman - Mohammed Ajmal Amir Qasab - was a Pakistani citizen. | Pakistan admitted last week that the only surviving gunman - Mohammed Ajmal Amir Qasab - was a Pakistani citizen. |
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