Jan 13 , 2016
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No reason to distrust Pakistan’s assurances on Pathankot: India
* Rajnath Singh says Pakistan government has given its word and assured India that it would take effective actions against culpritsNEW DELHI: Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Tuesday there was no reason India should distrust Pakistan’s assurance on taking stringent actions against the perpetrators of the Pathankot airbase attack.
“The Pakistan government has said it will take effective action. I think we should wait,” he said, according to The Hindu.
The minister said “there is no reason to distrust them [Pakistan] so early” as the Pakistan government has given its word and assured India that it would take effective actions against the culprits.
After the January 2 Pathankot airbase attack, New Delhi said it had provided Islamabad with intelligence information to take action against the perpetrators who allegedly belonged to Pakistan.
The civil and military leadership of Pakistan have already pledged their commitment to cooperate with India on the attack, and mulled over strategy and mechanism of cooperation with the neighbouring country.
Condemning the incident, Pakistan had reiterated its commitment to cooperate with India to eradicate the menace of terrorism afflicting the region.
Earlier, an alliance of Kashmiri fighter groups had claimed the deadly attack on the Indian Air Force’s Pathankot airbase. The United Jihad Council (UJC) had stated in a statement released that the attack was a message to India that Kashmiri fighters could strike at any sensitive installation across India.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had also assured his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi that Islamabad would not hesitate to take “prompt and decisive action” if the involvement of Pakistan-based elements in the attack on an Indian airbase was proved beyond doubt. Later, in a high-level meeting, presided over by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and attended by General Raheel Sharif, reiterated Pakistan’s commitment to cooperate with India on Pathankot incident.
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk