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India responsible for delay in Mumbai attacks proceedins: FO
[Geo News] Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit Saturday said India's attitude is responsible for the delay in Mumbai attacks proceedings.He said Pakistan sincerely desires that India should provide complete evidence as early as possible to enable Pakistan to initiate formal proceedings. India on May 20, had forwarded a 1000 page document claiming evidence of Mumbai mayhem. Out of which 800 pages are incomprehensible, neither in English nor in Urdu language. There may be evidences in it but how can Pakistan proceed forward on the incomprehensible documents, he said. India has been conveyed to provide English version of the documents to enable Pakistan to initiate prosecution of Mumbai mayhem suspects, he concluded. Abdul Basit urged India to honour Indus Water Treaty of 1960 in its true letter and spirit as Pakistan has numerous complaints of the violation of the treaty. He said a Pakistani delegation headed by Indus Water Commissioner Syed Jamaat Ali Shahis visiting India now-a-days to convey Pakistan's concerns about Kishan-Ganga project and inequitable water distribution. During the talks emphasis of Pakistani delegation would be to press Indians to ensure equitable distribution of water. Both India and Pakistan must cooperate to fight and eliminate terrorism from the region, he said. Brushing aside accepting any Indian preconditions for initiating dialogue process with India, the spokesman added that the dialogue process should be irreversible and result oriented. Posted by: Fred 2009-05-31 |
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