Mumbai attacks: Pak asks India to provide 'solid evidence'
In the face of growing international pressure to act against elements linked to the Mumbai terror attacks, Pakistan's civil and military leadership has decided to ask India to provide "solid evidence" before levelling "baseless allegations" agains...
By PTI |
ISLAMABAD: In the face of growing international pressure to act against elements linked to the Mumbai terror attacks, Pakistan's civil and military leadership has decided to ask India to provide "solid evidence" before levelling "baseless allegations" against it.
This was decided during two meetings yesterday that were chaired by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and attended by senior ministers, military officials and opposition leaders. The meetings reviewed the security situation on Pakistan's eastern and western borders and the fallout of the Mumbai attacks.
The first meeting, at which opposition leaders were not present, decided to confront "negative propaganda by the Indian media" by explaining Pakistan's position to world, the pro-establishment The News daily reported.
The top leadership also decided to ask India to provide "solid evidence" before levelling "baseless allegations" against Pakistan, the newspaper quoted sources as saying.
There was no official word on the discussions at the two meetings. A brief statement issued after the first meeting only said that it had discussed "various issues of national importance".
The first meeting, which was attended by Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and Inter-Services Intelligence chief Lt Gen Ahmad Shuja Pasha, lasted more than two hours.
This was decided during two meetings yesterday that were chaired by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and attended by senior ministers, military officials and opposition leaders. The meetings reviewed the security situation on Pakistan's eastern and western borders and the fallout of the Mumbai attacks.
The first meeting, at which opposition leaders were not present, decided to confront "negative propaganda by the Indian media" by explaining Pakistan's position to world, the pro-establishment The News daily reported.
The top leadership also decided to ask India to provide "solid evidence" before levelling "baseless allegations" against Pakistan, the newspaper quoted sources as saying.
There was no official word on the discussions at the two meetings. A brief statement issued after the first meeting only said that it had discussed "various issues of national importance".
The first meeting, which was attended by Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and Inter-Services Intelligence chief Lt Gen Ahmad Shuja Pasha, lasted more than two hours.
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