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Pranab Mukherjee New Delhi: Voicing scepticism over Pakistan acting decisively against terrorists operating from its soil, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said such elements were “let off” in the past after some initial action. “Therefore we shall have to see whether these [actions by Pakistan] are taken to their logical conclusion,” he said, asking Islamabad to ensure that the terror infrastructure was dismantled completely. Reacting to Islamabad’s demand for evidence of the involvement of the Pakistan-based elements in the Mumbai attacks, Mr. Mukherjee said India was ready to provide it but not at this juncture when investigations were yet to be concluded. “We can make available whatever evidences we have. In this case, we are also investigating, we have not come to any conclusion. Therefore, at this juncture, perhaps, it would be premature to share the evidences,” Mr. Mukherjee told Karan Thapar on the Devil’s Advocate programme for CNN-IBN. On the crackdown on terror groups in Pakistan, he said similar action took place in the aftermath of the attack on Parliament in 2001. “Almost similar actions were taken at the initial stage when the international pressure was mounted. After that it was let off,” he said, adding he was “waiting to see” that these steps are pursued seriously. “I am waiting to see ... the infrastructure facilities available to terrorists are totally dismantled and the outlawed and banned organisations do not reappear in their new name with the new signboards but with the same old faces.” Mr. Mukherjee’s remarks follow Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s statement in Parliament on Thursday that the international community had to be galvanised into “dealing sternly and effectively with the epicentre of terrorism, which is located in Pakistan.” Mr. Mukherjee said the “non-state actors” Pakistan has been referring to as being behind the terror attacks “live and function” within the territory of that country. “That is why, repeatedly, I said elements from Pakistan. That is a phrase I have used meticulously. I would not like to be more specific unless definitive conclusion is arrived at by the investigating agencies,” he said. The Minister’s comments come amid the crackdown launched by Pakistan on the Jamat-ud-Dawah, the front organisation of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), blamed for the Mumbai attacks, after the U.N. Security Council designated the outfit as a terrorist group. Mr. Mukherjee noted that in response to the demarche issued by India, Pakistan said it was considering “various aspects” of the action to be taken and was planning to send a high-level delegation here. In the demarche, he said, he sought action against two categories of persons — those who have committed crime in India and have taken shelter in Pakistan, and Pakistani citizens indulging in terrorist activities in India. — PTI Related Links:
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