In a 20-page response to the three ‘dossiers' India handed over in February as well as the Indian request for an update on the investigation into the role of Pakistan-based terrorists in the Mumbai attacks of November 2008, Pakistan has said it needs more actionable information in order to proceed against Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed and other individuals believed to be involved in the 26/11 case.
Court warrant
Describing the contents of the Pakistani response, Indian officials said a court warrant in Urdu against Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist from 26/11, was included along with a “politely worded request” to facilitate the appearance of the Indian magistrate and darogah who took Kasab's confession in a Rawalpindi court as prosecution witnesses. In addition, Pakistan says it needs duly certified copies of all documents stemming from Kasab's trial.
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In February, India had handed over separate dossiers on the role of Pakistan-based individuals believed to be linked to the Mumbai attacks, including an intelligence official identified as Major Sameer, another on the former Harkat-ul-Jihad Islami commander Ilyas Kashmiri, who has threatened to attack the forthcoming Commonwealth Games in Delhi, and one on Indian fugitives believed to be residing in Pakistan.
On Sunday, Pakistan's response to these dossiers and earlier ones on Hafiz Saeed and 26/11 were handed over to the Indian High Commission in Islamabad.
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Indian officials said that while the response was still being studied, Pakistan's general thrust was to ask India to provide more information against the individuals named.
Watch on LeT
The evidence of Hafiz Saeed's involvement in the Mumbai attacks stemmed from Kasab's confessional statement, which the Pakistani courts would not accept. But it said the federal government had advised all provincial police departments to keep a close watch on LeT members.