India should share actionable information to combat terror:Pak

Rezaul H Laskar

Islamabad, Sep 14 (PTI) Pakistan Monday responded to
India's accusation that groups like Lashker-e-Toiba are
planning attacks from across the border by saying that New
Delhi should share actionable information to prevent such
incidents.

"We have repeatedly requested the Indian government to
share with us whatever information it has in this regard.
Sharing of real-time, credible and actionable information on
any future terrorist threats was deemed essential by the Prime
Ministers of Pakistan and India at the Sharm el-Sheikh
summit," said a statement from Pakistan's Foreign Office
spokesman.

The spokesman was reacting to comments made earlier in
the day by Home Minister P Chidambaram, who told a meeting of
top police officials in New Delhi that Pakistan-based groups
like Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) were
continuing to plan terror strikes in India.

Chidambaram expressed deep concern over terrorism
"emanating from across the border" and said it continues to
remain a persistent threat to India’s security. He also said
local support for Pakistan-based terror groups had not ended.
The Mumbai terror attacks, which have been blamed on the LeT,
were a "game changer", he added.

Referring to Chidambaram’s remarks "expressing
apprehensions on terror strikes being planned by certain
groups in Pakistan", the Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman
noted that the two Prime Ministers had also agreed during
their meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh in July that "terrorism is
the main threat to both countries".

"Both leaders also affirmed their resolve to fight
terrorism and cooperate with each other to this end," the
spokesman said.

"Resumption of the composite dialogue and
re-activation of the Joint Anti-Terrorism Mechanism offer
avenues of pragmatic cooperation, inter alia, including on
counter-terrorism," the spokesman said.

Five LeT operatives and two other suspects arrested by
Pakistani authorities for alleged involvement in the Mumbai
attacks are currently facing trial in an anti-terrorism court
in Rawalpindi.

However, Islamabad has ruled out arresting or
prosecuting LeT founder Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, saying the
evidence provided against him by New Delhi is inadequate. PTI
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