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Chidambaram to meet Malik, Qureshi
LD CHIDAMBARAM
Rezaul H Laskar
Islamabad, Jun 25 (PTI) India is expected to press for
action against LeT founder Hafiz Saeed and perpetrators of the
Mumbai terror attack when Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram
meets his Pakistani counterpart Rehman Malik here Friday.
Chidambaram, who will arrive here this evening on a
two-day visit to attend SAARC Interior Minister's Conference,
will have a bilateral meeting with Malik at 7 p.m. local time,
the sources said.
He will also meet Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah
Mahmood Qureshi at 8.15 p.m., they said.
Chidambaram, who is the first minister from India to
visit Pakistan since 26/11, will seek to know the status of
investigation and trial being conducted in Pakistan in the
Mumbai attacks case.
The Indian side would seek to know the follow up on
the 11 dossiers given to Pakistan, detailing the evidence
against Saeed and others in the Mumbai attacks case.
Ahead of the visit, India gave one more dossier to
Pakistan on June 18 providing further information about
Saeed's role in Mumbai attacks. This was based on questioning
of Pakistani-American LeT operative David Coleman Headley by a
team of National Investigation Agency earlier this month.
Pakistan's Supreme Court had on May 25 set Saeed free,
arguing that there was not enough evidence to keep him in
prison.
This has disappointed India, which maintains that it
had given ample material regarding involvement of Saeed in the
Mumbai attacks and several other cases.
During his visit, Chidambaram is expected to press
Pakistan to pursue the probe against Saeed by following up on
the leads provided in the Indian dossiers.
He is also expected to seek voice samples of
Pakistan-based "handlers" of the 10 terrorists who attacked
Mumbai on November 26, 2008, they said. These include seven
LeT operatives who are currently undergoing trial in Pakistan.
India has been demanding voice samples of the handlers
whose conversations were intercepted while the attack unfolded
as this will help in the investigations into the Mumbai
terror attack.
Chidambaram will join his counterparts from Pakistan,
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives
at the SAARC Interior Ministers' conference Saturday.
Strengthening of police cooperation will be high on
agenda of the conference during which India is expected to
press for visible collaboration by member countries in the
fight against terrorism.
The conference will deliberate on ways to implement
police networking and exchange of information, sources said.
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Rezaul H Laskar
Islamabad, Jun 25 (PTI) India is expected to press for
action against LeT founder Hafiz Saeed and perpetrators of the
Mumbai terror attack when Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram
meets his Pakistani counterpart Rehman Malik here Friday.
Chidambaram, who will arrive here this evening on a
two-day visit to attend SAARC Interior Minister's Conference,
will have a bilateral meeting with Malik at 7 p.m. local time,
the sources said.
He will also meet Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah
Mahmood Qureshi at 8.15 p.m., they said.
Chidambaram, who is the first minister from India to
visit Pakistan since 26/11, will seek to know the status of
investigation and trial being conducted in Pakistan in the
Mumbai attacks case.
The Indian side would seek to know the follow up on
the 11 dossiers given to Pakistan, detailing the evidence
against Saeed and others in the Mumbai attacks case.
Ahead of the visit, India gave one more dossier to
Pakistan on June 18 providing further information about
Saeed's role in Mumbai attacks. This was based on questioning
of Pakistani-American LeT operative David Coleman Headley by a
team of National Investigation Agency earlier this month.
Pakistan's Supreme Court had on May 25 set Saeed free,
arguing that there was not enough evidence to keep him in
prison.
This has disappointed India, which maintains that it
had given ample material regarding involvement of Saeed in the
Mumbai attacks and several other cases.
During his visit, Chidambaram is expected to press
Pakistan to pursue the probe against Saeed by following up on
the leads provided in the Indian dossiers.
He is also expected to seek voice samples of
Pakistan-based "handlers" of the 10 terrorists who attacked
Mumbai on November 26, 2008, they said. These include seven
LeT operatives who are currently undergoing trial in Pakistan.
India has been demanding voice samples of the handlers
whose conversations were intercepted while the attack unfolded
as this will help in the investigations into the Mumbai
terror attack.
Chidambaram will join his counterparts from Pakistan,
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives
at the SAARC Interior Ministers' conference Saturday.
Strengthening of police cooperation will be high on
agenda of the conference during which India is expected to
press for visible collaboration by member countries in the
fight against terrorism.
The conference will deliberate on ways to implement
police networking and exchange of information, sources said.
PTI AKK
RDM
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