Islamabad, September 12: Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik refuted his Indian counterpart Chadambaram reservations regarding investigations into the Mumbai blast claiming that Pakistan has done more work in this regard than India.
Rehman Malik also demanded that the Indian government should bring to the book all those involved in the Samjhota Express mayhem of 19 February in India, when 67 Pakistan-bound passengers, mostly Pakistani nationals, were charred to death.
He was talking to newsmen here on Friday in the premises of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) where he visited to inquire about the health of Shamim Ahmed father of Senator Abbas Afridi.
Rehman Malik said that Indian’s blame game should end as Pakistan was doing its level best to complete the Mumbai carnage trial, adding that Pakistan and India should arrange mutual visits regarding investigations into last year’s Mumbai blasts and should sit on the table to resolve the issues instead of accusing each other.
Malik said that some hidden hands were active to sabotage New Delhi-Islamabad relations. He invited Indian government officials to visit Pakistan, adding that Pakistani officials should also visit India for deliberating all aspects of investigations on the Mumbai blasts.
To a query, regarding India’s efforts to seek US help in pressuring Pakistan, he said, “Indian minister should visit Pakistan instead going to America in order to probe into the deadly Mumbai blasts.
Rehman Malik declared that after probing into the Mumbai blasts issue, Pakistani law enforcement agencies arrested some 7 accused on the charge of assisting the assailants; on the other hand, the Indian government has spent more than 90 days in investigations with little to show.
Pakistan took rapid steps to apprehend the some accused of Mumbai carnage while it continues to wait for the results of the investigation into the Samjhota Express carnage..
—Agencies