Pakistan has assured India it will not compromise on the fair investigation into the Pathankot attack — urging New Delhi to resume dialogue as early as possible, officials here said.
Pakistan has assured India it will not compromise on the fair investigation into the Pathankot attack — urging New Delhi to resume dialogue as early as possible, officials here said.
Officials said the First Information Report (FIR) against unknown suspects in the Pathankot case was not the end of the investigation.
“We know India wants action against the Jaish-e-Mohammed but we need evidence to include them in the FIR. If we get proof, we will not spare anybody,” said a senior government official.
He said Pakistan wanted resumption of dialogue and better ties with India. “For this overt and covert contacts are on. We hope the ties will improve,” he added.
Earlier, Pakistan’s Counterterrorism Department registered an FIR against unidentified suspects for their involvement in the January 2 terrorist attack on the Pathankot Airbase in India.
With no one nominated in the case, different charges — murder, attempt to murder, abetment (sections 302, 324, 109 of PPC) and terrorism (section 7 and 21-i of Anti-terrorism Act) — are included in the FIR.
Punjab inspector-general Mushtaq Sukhera said a separate Joint Investigation Team would be constituted to probe the case registered with the CTD police station, Gujranwala.
He added that the name of JeM chief Maulana Masood Azhar was not recommended by the existing JIT. He said more proof about the involvement of Azhar and alleged abettors of the attack would be sought from India.
Interior deputy secretary Aitzazul Din registered the complaint.
