Malik welcomes PC's remarks on sharing info on Samjhauta blast

Islamabad, Jan 31 (PTI) Pakistan on Monday welcomed
Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram's remarks about sharing the
findings of the probe into the 2007 Samjhauta Express bombing,
claiming that the level of cooperation on interaction on
security matters had enhanced between the two nations.
Welcoming his Indian counterpart's statement in this
regard, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said, "I welcome the
statement of H.E. Mr Chidambaram on Samjhauta Express
investigations to be shared with Pak."
Malik also sought permission for a commission to visit
India to quiz persons linked to the Mumbai attacks on
micro-blogging website Twitter this morning.
Since Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Swami
Aseemanand confessed earlier this month that Sangh activists
were involved in the 2007 attack on the Samjhauta Express,
Pakistan has been pressing India to share the findings of its
probe into the train bombing that killed nearly 70 people,
including 42 Pakistanis.
Malik said Pakistan had "already proven its sincerity
by supplying information on the non-state actors in the case
of Mumbai blasts".
He contended that since Chidambaram's visit to
Pakistan in June last year, "our interaction has enhanced the
level of cooperation on security matters".
The Interior Minister did not give details about this
cooperation on security matters.
At the same time, Malik noted that Pakistan "has
repeatedly requested for the visit of the Judicial Commission
to India to testify the statements of police officers & other
witnesses".
"Delaying the Judicial Commission means delay in
bringing culprits to justice. It will also weaken the case to
the advantage of the accused," Malik contended.
"My request to India is to please expedite the visit
of the Judicial Commission, as justice delayed means justice
denied," he added.
Malik had said last year that it is necessary for the
commission to visit India to interview several persons,
including lone surviving attacker Ajmal Kasab, to take forward
the prosecution of seven Pakistani suspects charged with
planning, facilitating and financing the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
Lashker-e-Taiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi is
among the seven suspects on trial in a Rawalpindi-based
anti-terrorism court.
The trial has been dogged by several controversies and
delays. India has sent several queries about the proposed
commission and said it will decide on the matter after it
receives Pakistan's responses.