Indo-Pak NSA-level talks: MHA seeks inputs from Intelligence Bureau on terror

NEW DELHI: India has begun preparations for the national security advisor-level talks with Pakistan expected next month, as agreed between the two countries when PM Narendra Modi met his counterpart Nawaz Sharif in Ufa recently.

The home ministry has asked the Intelligence Bureau, the Research and Analysis Wing and the National Investigation Agency to furnish information by the end of the month on terrorism related issues and inputs pertaining to Pakistan, officials said.

Ahead of the talks, India is also planning to move a proposal for bringing UN sanctions against Abdul Rehman Makki, brotherin-law and righthand man of alleged 26/11 Mumbai attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed, and get Makki declared an international terrorist under UN Security Council Resolution 1267 of the Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee.

A few other Pakistani terrorists will also be part of India’s proposal to the UN, officials said.

Specifically for the NSA-level talks, IB and R&AW have been asked to accumulate the latest intelligence inputs of the terror plots aimed at India from Pakistan-based terror outfits and inputs on infiltration plots. The ministry has asked NIA to give an updated list of pending Letters Rogatory sent to Pakistan and terror related information sought therein pertaining to the 26/11 case and the Indian Mujahideen leaders.

The latest details regarding the whereabouts of Dawood Ibrahim in Pakistan and his “shifting locations” in that country are also being collated.