Pak claims it has made progress in 26/11 probe

Port of Spain, Nov 28 (PTI) Claiming that it has made
progress in the investigation against 26/11 perpetrators,
Pakistan has said it has filed chargesheet against seven
accused and expressed hope that it will be able to convict
them as it has "sufficient evidence" to argue a good case.
However, it charged India with providing "inadequate"
evidence against Jamat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed, the
mastermind behind the Mumbai terror attacks.
In an interview to CNN-IBN, Pakistan Foreign Minister
Shah Mehmood Qureshi claimed that progress has been made in
the 26/11 investigations with chargesheet already been filed
against seven people, two of whom are main accused.
"...They are under trial and we feel we have collected
sufficient evidence against them to argue a good case for
their conviction," he said.
But on Saeed, he said "the evidence provided is
inadequate...We arrested him. The court let him go. Now, if we
take him without sufficient evidence, he will go scot free.
The evidence will not stand the test of scrutiny."
"We have to move ahead. We want to prosecute them. We
want to convict them. Not because you want us because today
there is a realisation in Pakistan that these people are
creating a havoc in Pakistan.
"They are destroying Pakistan's image internationally.
They are not helping our economy. They are taking innocent
lives....So, we have to do it for ourselves," Qureshi added.
On meeting his Indian counterpart S M Krishna,
Qureshi said Pakistan was always for dialogue but it has to be
without any pre-conditions. PTI