Islamabad, February 01: Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Monday welcomed his Indian counterpart P. Chidambaram’s statement that New Delhi would share details of the investigation into the Samjhauta Express blast with Pakistan once the probe is over.
A day after Mr. Chidambaram made the remarks in Davos, Mr. Malik responded on Twitter: “I welcome the statement of H. E. Mr. Chidambaram on Samjhauta Express investigations to be shared with Pak.”
Early this month, Pakistan formally asked India for a progress report on the train blast, which claimed the lives of 42 Pakistanis. The request came in the wake of reports in the Indian media of jailed Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh leader Swami Aseemanand’s role in the 2007 blast.
Mumbai blasts
On the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, Mr. Malik maintained that Pakistan had proved its sincerity by supplying information on the non-state actors. In a series of tweets, he observed that since Mr. Chidambaram’s visit to Islamabad in June last, “our interaction” had enhanced the level of cooperation on security matters.
Referring to Pakistan’s repeated request to New Delhi to allow a judicial commission to visit India to record the statements of police officers and other witnesses in the Mumbai attacks case, he tweeted: “My request to India is to please expedite the visit of the Judicial Commission, as justice delayed means justice denied.”
According to him, delaying the commission means delay in bringing the culprits to justice. “It will also weaken the case to the advantage of the accused.”
Of late Pakistan has been using the delay in the Samjhauta investigations to counter the Indian charge that Islamabad was not moving fast enough in the Mumbai terror attacks case.
—Agencies