India blames Pakistan for Punjab terror attack

Pakistan on Thursday dismissed India’s assertion that the terrorists who had carried out attacks in Gurdaspur had infiltrated from there, saying pointing fingers without investigation is “not a healthy trend”.

Describing Pakistan as a victim of terrorism, Khalilullah said it is “unfortunate that Indian media started blaming Pakistan while the operation against the attackers were still going on”.

The spokesman said: “To tackle terrorism, a cooperative approach is required and blame game and finger-pointing would be unhelpful”.

Khalilullah said the Pakistan government had issued a statement condemning “in the strongest terms” the attack. Doval is preparing to raise India’s concerns over trial of 26/11 suspect Zaki Urrehman Lakhvi whereas Pakistan is also readying a dossier regarding Samjhota Express attack, the report concluded.

In a statement shorn of the nationalist rhetoric the ruling party is known for, Singh warned of a forceful response to any attempt to undermine India’s security, but did not specify what action was being taken after Monday’s attack.

Commenting on Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s allegations that the opposition didn’t let the government to answer in the Rajya Sabha, she said, “We had already told the Home Minister to lay the statement on the table of the House and we would see that”.

“The preliminary analysis of Global Positioning System data indicated that the terrorists had infiltrated from Pakistan”, Singh said in a statement that was drowned out by jeers from the opposition benches.

Talking about India’s aggression at the Line of Control (LoC) and working boundary, Pakistan’s Foreign Office spokesperson said Pakistan is capable of defending itself against any aggression.

Better sense also prevailed when despite the tensions between the two sides Adviser to the Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz in a touching gesture visited the Indian High Commission, Islamabad, on Thursday to sign the condolence book on the passing away of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, former president of India.

Earlier premiers of Pakistan and India had agreed to restore bilateral dialogue during a brief meeting in Ufa last month.