Pakistan

Pakistan agrees that India’s dossier has ‘proof’ of a citizen’s involvement

Islamabad/ New Delhi, Jan 18: Finally acknowledging India's 26/11 dossier on Mumbai terror attacks, Pakistan Prime Minister's advisor on Interior Affairs Rehman Malik said it contained "leads and good clues" of the involvement of Pakistani elements in the disastrous Mumbai attacks.

Malik said that the three-member counter-terror team has been asked to complete the probe in 10 days.

He conveyed that Pakistan wished a "cooperative engagement" with India as war is no solution to the problem of terrorism, which is a global phenomenon.

Pakistan: initial Mumbai attacks probe expected in 10 days

Pakistan: initial Mumbai attacks probe expected in 10 daysNew Delhi - Pakistan's top security official said on Friday that his country's investigators have been given 10 days to submit a preliminary probe report on Mumbai attacks.

"I am quite confirmed and sure that the officers who have been assigned with the task are very capable and professional. They may even submit the results before 10 days," said Rehman Malik, security advisor to Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.

Pak claims Rs. 2080 billion loss in five years of ‘war on terror’

Two policemen killed in Pakistan raid, 10 terror suspects detained Islamabad, Jan. 17 : Pakistan has said that it has incurred heavy financial loss during the last five years due to its participation in the ‘war on terrorism.’

The Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper-II prepared by the Pakistan Government states that the country has suffered losses worth Rs 2080 billion in the war on terror.

“These include direct losses of Rs 350 billion and indirect losses of Rs 1650 billion,” The Nation quoted the strategy paper, as stating.

Gilani rules out IAEA access to A.Q. Khan

Yousuf Raza GillaniIslamabad, Jan. 17 : Pakistan Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani has said that there is no question of giving the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) access to the disgraced nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan.

Gilani said that the network of Khan had been demolished, and there was no need of any further information in the matter.

“There is no point of providing any access by the UN nuclear watchdog to Dr. Khan as “his network is broken and there is no need for any other information,” The News quoted Gilani, as saying.

India will wait for Pakistan to carry out investigations

India, PakistanNew Delhi - India had been informed by Pakistan that its agencies had begun investigations into the Mumbai terrorist attacks and would wait for an outcome, Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Saturday.

"We have received information from our high commissioner in Islamabad that they (Pakistan) have started the process. Let us see how much time they take," Mukherjee was quoted as saying by PTI news agency at the sidelines of a function in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata.

Pak Jihadi groups recruiting young children for Jihad, suicide attacks: MQM

PakistanKarachi, Jan. 17 : The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Party has claimed that banned religious organizations in Pakistan were busy recruiting minors for Jihad (holy war) and using them as suicide attackers.

According to a press release by the London based secretariat of the movement's investigation committee (IC), various banned organizations are involved in persuading minors and youngsters for Jihad and after keeping them at various offices, they are sent to Waziristan for training.

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