Islamabad, January 13
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani today claimed that the material provided by India on the Mumbai attack constituted ‘information’ and not evidence and said ‘pragmatic cooperation’ was the way forward for dealing with the 26/11 terror strikes.

“All that has been received formally from India is some information. I say information because these are not the evidence. This needs to be carefully examined,” he said, while making a statement in the National Assembly on the dossier on the Mumbai attacks handed over to Pakistan by New Delhi.

Pakistan, he said, had already assured India of full cooperation in tracking down the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks.

He also referred to Pakistan’s proposal for conducting a joint investigation with India into the incident. “India has, however, not responded to our proposal. We hope they will see merit in it and accept a joint inquiry,” Gilani told the lower house of Parliament.

“Serious, sustained and pragmatic cooperation is the way forward. The information provided by India on January 5, 2009, has been sent to the Ministry of Interior for necessary inquiry in accordance with the law,” he said.

“The results of the inquiry will be shared with the government of India in due course of time,” he added. — PTI