India’s evidence against Hafiz Saeed to be reviewed: Rehman Malik
Interior minister meets Indian Home Secretary RK Singh to discuss new visa regime.
ISLAMABAD:
Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik had said that evidence India sent against Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) founder Hafiz Saeed will be reviewed, Express News reported on Friday.
During the first day of the talks, India had shared additional evidence with Pakistan linking Saeed to the Mumbai attacks.
Speaking to the media after holding talks with Indian Home Secretary RK Singh, Malik said that Pakistan wants to resolve all issues with India for peace and stability in the region.
He added that Pakistan and India are working together to evolve a mechanism to implement new visa regime which was agreed in principle by both the countries, and added that the new visa regime would be signed in a short span of time.
Answering a question‚ Malik said that Pakistan had arrested a number of persons involved in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack. Recently, a judicial commission of Pakistan had visited India and will submit its report before the court, he added.
'Pakistan delayed pact signing'
Indian Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai said that the only thing that remains for a liberalised visa regime pact between India and Pakistan to be signed, is the latter’s desire to have a heavyweight political involvement when signing the pact.
Speaking to media, Mathai said that the Indian team comprising Secretary to Home Minister, and heads of the Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) and the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) had travelled to Pakistan “fully prepared” to sign the visa agreement as per the discussions between President Asif Ali Zardari and Indian premier Manmohan Singh during the former’s one-day trip to India earlier in April.
Pakistan has also invited Indian Home Minister Chidambaram, who maintains that he would visit the country at a convenient time, Mathai said.
It was previously believed that after formalities were completed in the Islamabad meeting between Home and Interior secretaries of India and Pakistan respectively, a pact would be signed when the Indian foreign minister visits Pakistan for bilateral talks in late July.
Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik had said that evidence India sent against Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) founder Hafiz Saeed will be reviewed, Express News reported on Friday.
During the first day of the talks, India had shared additional evidence with Pakistan linking Saeed to the Mumbai attacks.
Speaking to the media after holding talks with Indian Home Secretary RK Singh, Malik said that Pakistan wants to resolve all issues with India for peace and stability in the region.
He added that Pakistan and India are working together to evolve a mechanism to implement new visa regime which was agreed in principle by both the countries, and added that the new visa regime would be signed in a short span of time.
Answering a question‚ Malik said that Pakistan had arrested a number of persons involved in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack. Recently, a judicial commission of Pakistan had visited India and will submit its report before the court, he added.
'Pakistan delayed pact signing'
Indian Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai said that the only thing that remains for a liberalised visa regime pact between India and Pakistan to be signed, is the latter’s desire to have a heavyweight political involvement when signing the pact.
Speaking to media, Mathai said that the Indian team comprising Secretary to Home Minister, and heads of the Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) and the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) had travelled to Pakistan “fully prepared” to sign the visa agreement as per the discussions between President Asif Ali Zardari and Indian premier Manmohan Singh during the former’s one-day trip to India earlier in April.
Pakistan has also invited Indian Home Minister Chidambaram, who maintains that he would visit the country at a convenient time, Mathai said.
It was previously believed that after formalities were completed in the Islamabad meeting between Home and Interior secretaries of India and Pakistan respectively, a pact would be signed when the Indian foreign minister visits Pakistan for bilateral talks in late July.