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No proof given, says Pakistan

Nirupama Subramanian

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Tuesday the information given to it by India on the Mumbai attacks did not constitute “proof” and, responding to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s speech in New Delhi, warned that allegations against the Pakistani state could end “all prospects of serious and objective investigations” into the incident.

In the National Assembly, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Malik Adam Khan and Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir told the Committee on Foreign Relations that the material handed over by India was “not sufficient” and could not be regarded as “evidence.”

“India did not give any proof; it has given information, some documents containing their investigations [into the attacks].

Pakistan wants credible, and according to the law, evidence from the Indian government,” Mr. Bashir told the House.

This was the first meeting of the committee, which members called for a briefing on Pakistan’s foreign policy. Relations with India dominated the proceedings.

On New Delhi’s demand for extradition of fugitives, Mr. Bashir said Pakistan did not have an extradition treaty with India.

He told the committee that India had escalated the military tensions in the entire region.

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