India Probe Team Pakistan Visit

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday defended the NDA government's decision in 2016 to allow a Pakistani probe team including officials from spy agency ISI to visit the Pathankot air force base to probe a terror attack.

India today said Pakistan has not refused to allow an NIA team to visit that country to probe the Pathankot airbase attack case and just sought "more time" even as it made it clear that talks and terror cannot go hand-in-hand.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today came down heavily on Pakistan saying if the neighbouring country does not allow an NIA team to visit there for probe into the attack on the Pathankot airbase, it would be a "betrayal" to India.

Pakistan Prime Minister's Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Monday indicated that his country may consider a request by India for a visit by its NIA team to further probe the Pathankot terror strike, days after top Pakistani envoy ruled out the same.

Union minister Kiren Rijiju today said the government was hopeful a team of National Investigation Agency will soon visit Pakistan to gather evidence in connection with the Pathankot terror attack.

In its first official reaction since its team of investigators visited the Pathankot air base, Pakistan tonight said India did not produce witnesses belonging to security forces before its probe panel.

BJP today termed as "shameful" Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his government allowing Pakistan's Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to India on a day his cabinet colleague Kapil Mishra wondered "do we have an ISI agent as PM now?".

In a move that could see India-Pakistan relations plummeting, a team of investigators from Islamabad who visited the Pathankot air force base is expected, according to a media report, to declare that the terror attack at the base was "a drama" staged by India "to malign Pakistan".

The team of Pakistani investigators, who visited India to probe the Pathankot attack, today said the Indian authorities failed to provide evidence to prove the air base was attacked by terrorists from Pakistan.

India will send a team of investigators soon to Pakistan to collect evidence that January's deadly attack on the Pathankot's air force base was the work of terror group Jaish e-Mohammed and its chief, Masood Azhar.

The meeting between Indian and Pakistani investigators has been "positive" and the Pakistani side "has not contradicted" India's findings in the Pathankot airbase attack probe, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said today.

Hitting out at the Centre over the visit by a Pakistani team to probe the Pathankot attack, Congress today alleged that by hosting it the government has given a "clean chit" to the Pakistani establishment over its "involvement" in acts of terror in India.

Congress today attacked the government on allowing Pakistani probe team to visit Pathankot air base and the decision to allow 100 per cent FDI in E-commerce while remaining non-committal on support to the Goods and Services Tax (GST).

Terming the visit of Pakistan's Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to probe Pathankot terror attack as "disgusting", senior AAP leader Gurpreet Ghuggi on Tuesday said the country does not need a "certificate" from its neighbours on the authenticity of the probe conducted by Indian investigation agencies.

Keeping up the offensive over the visit of a Pakistani Joint Investigation (JIT) team to probe the Pathankot terror attack, Congress today accused the government of compromising the country's sovereignty and setting a "wrong" precedent.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday defended the NDA government's decision in 2016 to allow a Pakistani probe team including officials from spy agency ISI to visit the Pathankot air force base to probe a terror attack.

India today said Pakistan has not refused to allow an NIA team to visit that country to probe the Pathankot airbase attack case and just sought "more time" even as it made it clear that talks and terror cannot go hand-in-hand.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today came down heavily on Pakistan saying if the neighbouring country does not allow an NIA team to visit there for probe into the attack on the Pathankot airbase, it would be a "betrayal" to India.

Pakistan Prime Minister's Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Monday indicated that his country may consider a request by India for a visit by its NIA team to further probe the Pathankot terror strike, days after top Pakistani envoy ruled out the same.

Union minister Kiren Rijiju today said the government was hopeful a team of National Investigation Agency will soon visit Pakistan to gather evidence in connection with the Pathankot terror attack.

In its first official reaction since its team of investigators visited the Pathankot air base, Pakistan tonight said India did not produce witnesses belonging to security forces before its probe panel.

BJP today termed as "shameful" Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his government allowing Pakistan's Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to India on a day his cabinet colleague Kapil Mishra wondered "do we have an ISI agent as PM now?".

In a move that could see India-Pakistan relations plummeting, a team of investigators from Islamabad who visited the Pathankot air force base is expected, according to a media report, to declare that the terror attack at the base was "a drama" staged by India "to malign Pakistan".

The team of Pakistani investigators, who visited India to probe the Pathankot attack, today said the Indian authorities failed to provide evidence to prove the air base was attacked by terrorists from Pakistan.

India will send a team of investigators soon to Pakistan to collect evidence that January's deadly attack on the Pathankot's air force base was the work of terror group Jaish e-Mohammed and its chief, Masood Azhar.

The meeting between Indian and Pakistani investigators has been "positive" and the Pakistani side "has not contradicted" India's findings in the Pathankot airbase attack probe, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said today.

Hitting out at the Centre over the visit by a Pakistani team to probe the Pathankot attack, Congress today alleged that by hosting it the government has given a "clean chit" to the Pakistani establishment over its "involvement" in acts of terror in India.

Congress today attacked the government on allowing Pakistani probe team to visit Pathankot air base and the decision to allow 100 per cent FDI in E-commerce while remaining non-committal on support to the Goods and Services Tax (GST).

Terming the visit of Pakistan's Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to probe Pathankot terror attack as "disgusting", senior AAP leader Gurpreet Ghuggi on Tuesday said the country does not need a "certificate" from its neighbours on the authenticity of the probe conducted by Indian investigation agencies.

Keeping up the offensive over the visit of a Pakistani Joint Investigation (JIT) team to probe the Pathankot terror attack, Congress today accused the government of compromising the country's sovereignty and setting a "wrong" precedent.