Terror tops PC Pak talks agenda

Jun 25, 2010 - Age Correspondent |

New Delhi

With probe against LeT founder Hafiz Saeed and voice samples of handlers of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks being high on the agenda, home minister P. Chidambram will embark on a two-day visit to Islamabad on Friday.
In the first ministerial visit from Mr Chidambaram, who is mainly going to Pakistan to attend the Saarc interior minister’s conference on Saturday, is likely to have bilateral meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Rehman Malik soon after his arrival in Islamabad.
The home minister’s talks with his Pakistani counterpart are expected to be focused on terrorism emanating from Pakistan and the steps India would like the country to take to end it.
Talking to reporters here on his visit to the neighbouring country, Mr Chidambram said that that the focus of his Islamabad visit was the meeting of the Saarc interior ministers. “This is a multilateral visit, focus will be on Saarc home ministers’ agenda,” he said.
Mr Chidambaram said that there would be an opportunity to meet his Pakistani counterpart on the sidelines of the Saarc meeting.
“The focus will be on the Saarc home ministers,” he added.
However, it is expected that the home minister will seek to know the status of investigation and trial being conducted in Pakistan in the Mumbai attacks case.
The Indian side would seek to know the follow up on the 10 dossiers given to Pakistan till a few months back, detailing the evidence against Saeed and others in the Mumbai attacks case.
Ahead of the visit, India gave one more dossier to Pakistan on June 18 providing further information about Saeed’s role in Mumbai attacks.
This was based on questioning of Pakistani-American LeT operative David Headley by a team of National Investigation Agency earlier this month.
During his visit, Mr Chidambaram is expected to press Pakistan to pursue the probe against Saeed by following up on the leads provided in the Indian dossiers.
He is also expected to seek voice samples of Pakistan-based “handlers” of the 10 terrorists who attacked Mumbai on November 26, 2008.
These include seven LeT operatives who are currently undergoing trial in Pakistan.

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