Pakistan on Saturday said the trial in the Mumbai attacks case would be carried forward based on the information brought by a judicial commission that had visited India recently.
“Based on the information brought by the judicial commission, our courts will proceed further,” Foreign Office spokesman Aizaz Chaudhry told PTI .
Mr. Chaudhry had said in his weekly press conference that the Pakistan would need more evidence from the Indian side with regard to the Mumbai attacks case.
Asked what he had meant by “more evidence” he had said, “I do not have the details. The point is that the two countries need to work together in a cooperative manner so that trials take place with proper evidence“.
Replying to queries on kind of evidence needed, since the Pakistani judicial Commission had a successful trip to India, Pakistani officials didn’t elaborate and had said they will have to check on the latest developments.
Incidentally, Mr. Chaudhry’s comments about need for additional evidence was missing from the official transcripts released to the media later.
Replying to a query on if the slow pace of Mumbai terror attack was discussed between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and President Barack Obama, he said issues relating to counter-terrorism were discussed.
“The Prime Minister made it clear that the issue of terrorism is of as much concern to Pakistan as for India if not more.
“In fact we are the victims of terrorism. The answer lies in working jointly to defeat this common enemy,” he said.
Asked on Saturday, whether Pakistan still needs more evidence from India, Mr. Chaudhry said, “Please check with the Ministry of Interior”.
Meanwhile, Advisor to Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said Pakistan would take action against Mumbai attacks accused Hafiz Saeed if they get “concrete legal evidence” to do so.
“We told them that the trial of Mumbai suspects will start soon...we will take action against Hafiz Saeed if we have concrete legal evidence to do so,” Mr. Aziz said in an interview to Dawn daily.
Published - October 26, 2013 02:18 pm IST
