Sunday, February 15, 2009

Mumbai attacks probe preliminary: PM


ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday said the Indian government had sent a dossier on the Mumbai incident only to Pakistan and did not share it with any other country.“After receiving the dossier from India, we referred it to the Interior Ministry, which investigated it and in the meeting of the Defence Committee of the Cabinet it was decided to register a case on the basis of the probe made by the Interior Ministry,” he said while talking to newsmen here after attending a briefing at the Planning Commission.The PM said Pakistan has made preliminary investigations on the basis of the dossier and once the government received a detailed reply to the queries sent to India, it would carry out a full-fledged investigation.Asked whether Pakistan plans a similar response from India over the Samjhota Express tragedy as it did on the Mumbai attacks, the prime minister said additional information has been sought from India.In reply to a question regarding the government policy on the situation in Swat, the prime minister said the government was working on a three-pronged strategy to bring peace to Swat and Fata. He, however, reiterated the stance of the government that the military action was no solution to any problem. “We will have to look at other means to bring normalcy to the restive areas,” he added. About the allocation of the Senate seats to the PPP men, he said this decision was taken by the parliamentary board on merit.

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