Islamabad: The diplomatic ties between India and Pakistan are feeling the strain after the Mumbai terror attack.
After India accused that all the 10 terrorists who attacked Mumbai were Pakistanis and trained by Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), Islamabad has been claiming that New Delhi is stone-walling when it comes to information and proof about the accusations.
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has accused Indian authorities of not sharing any evidence or information with his government, despite repeated requests.
"The government of Pakistan has already initiated investigations on its own. However, our own investigations cannot proceed beyond a certain point without provision of credible information and evidence pertaining to Mumbai attacks. Despite our requests, no evidence or information or has been shared with the government by India so far," Qureshi said.
Meanwhile, Pakistan has sealed the offices and detained the leaders of Jamaat-ud-Dawa after the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 designated the organsation as a terror organisation.
Jamaat and LeT chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, who is a former professor of engineering who has directed terrorism operations in India, Zakiur-Rehman Lakhvi, chief of operations of LeT, Haji Muhammad Ashraf, chief of finance of LeT and Bahaziq Mahmoud, alias, Abu Abdul Aziz, financier of LeT have also been designated by the al Qaeda and Taliban Sanctions Committee as terrorists.
PTI's Islamabad Correspondent Rezaul Lashkar told CNN-IBN that Pakistani officials were are looking forward for diplomatic discussionss with India after the ban on Jamaat-ud-Dawa.
"The government has no option but to act after UNSC declared Jamaat-ud-Dawa a terrorist group. Number of people arrested is still not clear. Hafiz Mohammad Saeed and close acquaintances are the only ones arrested. Now Pakistan officers are looking forward to diplomatic discussion with India," he said.
The crackdown on the Jamaat-ud-Dawa has also dominated Pakistani newspapers.
The Nation writes Pakistan has repeatedly underscored the need for serious, sustained and pragmatic cooperation between Pakistan and India to combat terrorism in either country. Other papaers report that the clampdown on the Jamaat and its listing as a terror outfit by the UNSC have not seen any violent reaction so far.
As news of the clampdown spread, Jamaat activists preempted security forces, shifted documents and sealed their own offices.
Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone terrorists captured alive in the Mumbai terror attack, has revealed to the investigators that he along with the other members of his group were trained by LeT and sailed from Karachi to Mumbai.
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