Lahore: With no headway made in the probe into the Pathankot terror attack, Pakistan plans to seek more evidence from India, a media report said today, days after Pak Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said the outcome of the investigation into the assault would be made public soon.
A Pakistani government team investigating the Pathankot airbase attack will ask the foreign ministry to seek more evidence from India.
"The team has almost completed its investigation into five cellphone numbers (allegedly used for making calls from Pakistan to India) provided by the Indian government. No further leads were found from these numbers because they were unregistered and had fake identities," Dawn newspaper quoted a source as saying.
"The probe is not heading further. The team needs more evidence. Therefore, it has written to the government to speak to India and apprise it of the situation and demand more evidence to move forward in investigation here," he said.
Answering a question about the people, including banned Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Maulana Masood Azhar, detained in connection with the Pathankot incident, the source said "Let first more evidence come from India".
Mr Sharif had formed the six-member investigation team headed by the Additional Inspector General (AIG) of Punjab's Counter- Terrorism Department (CTD) in the second week of January to look into India's allegations that the JeM was behind the January 2 attack.
The team headed by AIG Counter Terror Department of Punjab, Rai Tahir has so far held two meetings.
Mr Sharif told reporters in Lahore on Saturday that the investigation was underway and its findings would be made public.
"Whatever facts come out we will bring them forth before everyone," he said, adding that Pakistan would go to "any length" to uncover the alleged use of its soil in the Pathankot attack.
"It is our responsibility to uncover if our soil was used in the attack. We will do this and the ongoing investigation will be completed soon," he said.
Meanwhile, law enforcement agencies in Pakistan have not produced before court any of the suspects arrested in connection with the attack over the past two weeks since their detention.
The Pak government has not disclosed the number of suspects detained. Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah only confirmed that Maulana Masood Azhar had been taken into "protective custody", along with some of his "accomplices".
"He (Masood) is not arrested," the minister had clarified.
India has said Masood Azhar was the mastermind of the attack. It alleges that his brother Rauf and five others were also involved in the attack which killed all six terrorists and seven Indian soldiers.
India wants Pakistan to take prompt and decisive action against the perpetrators.
A Pakistani government team investigating the Pathankot airbase attack will ask the foreign ministry to seek more evidence from India.
"The probe is not heading further. The team needs more evidence. Therefore, it has written to the government to speak to India and apprise it of the situation and demand more evidence to move forward in investigation here," he said.
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Mr Sharif had formed the six-member investigation team headed by the Additional Inspector General (AIG) of Punjab's Counter- Terrorism Department (CTD) in the second week of January to look into India's allegations that the JeM was behind the January 2 attack.
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Mr Sharif told reporters in Lahore on Saturday that the investigation was underway and its findings would be made public.
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"It is our responsibility to uncover if our soil was used in the attack. We will do this and the ongoing investigation will be completed soon," he said.
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The Pak government has not disclosed the number of suspects detained. Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah only confirmed that Maulana Masood Azhar had been taken into "protective custody", along with some of his "accomplices".
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India has said Masood Azhar was the mastermind of the attack. It alleges that his brother Rauf and five others were also involved in the attack which killed all six terrorists and seven Indian soldiers.
India wants Pakistan to take prompt and decisive action against the perpetrators.
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