<p>Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday told Pakistan interior minister Rehman Malik that he could not visit Islamabad unless action is taken against 26/11 conspirators.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Malik, who met his Indian counterpart Sushil Kumar Shinde and rounded up official meetings late night on Friday, drove down to 7 Race Course to meet the Prime Minister at 11.30 am on Saturday. He was accompanied by High Commissioner to India Salman Bashir.<br /><br />“We have already invited him. Today also I told him that the people of Pakistan, especially the people of Chatwal village where he has born, want to see him. They want to see that a boy who has been there has become the PM of a nation and a global leader. We said if you don't come then we, the people of Pakistan, will be disappointed,” Malik candidly told reporters on the sidelines of a function held at the India International Centre Annex.<br /><br />But the Prime Minister communicated his reluctance clearly. Malik quoted Manmohan Singh as saying: “people here also ask what you (Pakistan) has done regarding the Mumbai attack.” The Prime Minister’s verbal repartee emphasised that action should be taken against 26/11 conspirators for him to fly to Islamabad.<br /><br />However, Malik termed the interaction with Manmohan a “very good meeting”. “We have given him a commitment to send a judicial commission here,” he added.<br /><br />Though he insisted that India has supplied information, not evidence against alleged mastermind of 26/11 Hafiz Sayeed, Malik assured that action will be taken against wanted terrorists. On the progress in India’s demand of voice samples of Pakistan-based Mumbai carnage handlers, Malik said they have filed a petition in the court to get them.<br /><br />To prove that action was taken, he claimed that even before India supplied first dossier on 26/11, Pakistan had arrested three of the seven accused in the case. “We have substantial evidence against Lakhvi (Lashkar-e-Toiba commander) and others... that is why they are behind the bars,” he added.<br /><br />Claiming that the trust deficit in information has been removed, Malik said though Pakistan has taken steps on the terrorism front, the North Block believes it is not encouraging enough.</p>
<p>Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday told Pakistan interior minister Rehman Malik that he could not visit Islamabad unless action is taken against 26/11 conspirators.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Malik, who met his Indian counterpart Sushil Kumar Shinde and rounded up official meetings late night on Friday, drove down to 7 Race Course to meet the Prime Minister at 11.30 am on Saturday. He was accompanied by High Commissioner to India Salman Bashir.<br /><br />“We have already invited him. Today also I told him that the people of Pakistan, especially the people of Chatwal village where he has born, want to see him. They want to see that a boy who has been there has become the PM of a nation and a global leader. We said if you don't come then we, the people of Pakistan, will be disappointed,” Malik candidly told reporters on the sidelines of a function held at the India International Centre Annex.<br /><br />But the Prime Minister communicated his reluctance clearly. Malik quoted Manmohan Singh as saying: “people here also ask what you (Pakistan) has done regarding the Mumbai attack.” The Prime Minister’s verbal repartee emphasised that action should be taken against 26/11 conspirators for him to fly to Islamabad.<br /><br />However, Malik termed the interaction with Manmohan a “very good meeting”. “We have given him a commitment to send a judicial commission here,” he added.<br /><br />Though he insisted that India has supplied information, not evidence against alleged mastermind of 26/11 Hafiz Sayeed, Malik assured that action will be taken against wanted terrorists. On the progress in India’s demand of voice samples of Pakistan-based Mumbai carnage handlers, Malik said they have filed a petition in the court to get them.<br /><br />To prove that action was taken, he claimed that even before India supplied first dossier on 26/11, Pakistan had arrested three of the seven accused in the case. “We have substantial evidence against Lakhvi (Lashkar-e-Toiba commander) and others... that is why they are behind the bars,” he added.<br /><br />Claiming that the trust deficit in information has been removed, Malik said though Pakistan has taken steps on the terrorism front, the North Block believes it is not encouraging enough.</p>
