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“Pakistan acted on U.N. resolution”

Yousuf Raza Gilani

Lahore: Renewing its promise of cooperation with India in the Mumbai terror attacks probe, Pakistan on Sunday said it acted against Jamat-ud-Dawah in compliance with the U.N. resolution and had not succumbed to New Delhi’s pressure.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani indicated that his government cracked down on the Jamat because it was binding on all nations to act on a U.N. Security Council resolution that had declared the group as a front for the LeT.

Investigations on

“We have acted on the U.N. resolution, it is not a matter of our desire. Our investigations are on and we can’t say anything before they are completed,” Mr. Gilani said. “This is a U.N. resolution, it was not done by India,” he said, adding that the world body’s resolution dated back to 2001-02.

The Prime Minister said Pakistan will act in accordance with its own laws on any evidence provided by India with regard to the terror strikes in Mumbai. “We have not received any evidence [from India]. If they give us evidence, Pakistan will act according to its own laws,” Mr. Gilani told a news conference on whether Pakistan would hand over any terror suspects linked to the Mumbai attacks to India.

Referring to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s statement asking Pakistan to cooperate with India in probing the Mumbai incident, Mr. Gilani said the matter could be pursued once New Delhi provided evidence to Islamabad. However, Pakistan had started investigations on its own against the Lashkar-e-Taiba and its leaders who had joined the Jamat-ud-Dawah, he said. India has blamed Pakistan-based elements, including the LeT terror group, for planning and carrying out the attacks in Mumbai that killed over 180 people. – PTI

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