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India may consider Pak proposal on commission for 26/11
New Delhi, Sep 6 (PTI) India is open to considering
Pakistan's proposal to form a commission on the 26/11 Mumbai
attacks that would visit here to record testimony of two key
witnesses but will wait for a formal request.
Top government sources said India has no problem in
discussing Pakistan's proposal for such an arrangement as New
Delhi had already agreed to let its officials depose before a
Pakistani court through video-conferencing.
This was conveyed by Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram
to his Pakistani counterpart Rehman Malik when the latter
telephoned him on Saturday.
During the conversation, besides the proposal of
constituting a commission, both the leaders discussed security
issues and the ongoing trial in Pakistan of those accused in
the Mumbai attack.
Malik had said that Chidambaram told him that the
Pakistani proposal about formation of a commission would be
"examined" when it is received.
But, sources said, the proposal from Pakistan on the
commission has to be approved by the court of that country
conducting the trial of the seven accused of Mumbai attacks,
including LeT operative Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, before a request
can be sent to New Delhi.
Sources said till the Pakistani court takes a decision,
any discussion on the issue is premature. India's stand could
be formed only after a formal request comes from Islamabad,
they felt.
The Pakistani Interior Minister, who held talks with
Indian High Commissioner Sharat Sabharwal in Islamabad on
Saturday, also told reporters that the trial of Lakhvi and six
other suspects was "stuck" over the issue of Indian witnesses
testifying via video-conferencing as this was not allowed
under Pakistani laws.
Though India proposed that the testimony of the two
witnesses -- the magistrate who recorded the confessional
statement of lone surviving Mumbai attacker Ajmal Kasab and
the police officer who investigated the incident -- should be
recorded via video conferencing, Malik said this was not
permitted by Pakistani laws. PTI
Pakistan's proposal to form a commission on the 26/11 Mumbai
attacks that would visit here to record testimony of two key
witnesses but will wait for a formal request.
Top government sources said India has no problem in
discussing Pakistan's proposal for such an arrangement as New
Delhi had already agreed to let its officials depose before a
Pakistani court through video-conferencing.
This was conveyed by Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram
to his Pakistani counterpart Rehman Malik when the latter
telephoned him on Saturday.
During the conversation, besides the proposal of
constituting a commission, both the leaders discussed security
issues and the ongoing trial in Pakistan of those accused in
the Mumbai attack.
Malik had said that Chidambaram told him that the
Pakistani proposal about formation of a commission would be
"examined" when it is received.
But, sources said, the proposal from Pakistan on the
commission has to be approved by the court of that country
conducting the trial of the seven accused of Mumbai attacks,
including LeT operative Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, before a request
can be sent to New Delhi.
Sources said till the Pakistani court takes a decision,
any discussion on the issue is premature. India's stand could
be formed only after a formal request comes from Islamabad,
they felt.
The Pakistani Interior Minister, who held talks with
Indian High Commissioner Sharat Sabharwal in Islamabad on
Saturday, also told reporters that the trial of Lakhvi and six
other suspects was "stuck" over the issue of Indian witnesses
testifying via video-conferencing as this was not allowed
under Pakistani laws.
Though India proposed that the testimony of the two
witnesses -- the magistrate who recorded the confessional
statement of lone surviving Mumbai attacker Ajmal Kasab and
the police officer who investigated the incident -- should be
recorded via video conferencing, Malik said this was not
permitted by Pakistani laws. PTI
