Pakistan
on Monday submitted to India its initial findings of the investigation being
conducted on alleged Pakistani links to the Pathankot terror attack, according
to media reports.
Pakistan on Monday submitted to India its initial findings of the
investigation being conducted on alleged Pakistani links to the Pathankot
terror attack, according to media reports. Pakistan in its report said
that the telephone numbers given by India were not registered in Pakistan,
reported the News International quoting Geo TV. According to sources, Pakistan
has dispatched the initial findings to New Delhi and a response is expected
from Indian authorities, report said.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has ordered formation of a
high-profile joint investigation team (JIT) to investigate the links of the
Pathankot air base attackers with Pakistan, a media report said on Monday.
In a pre-dawn attack on January 2, a group of heavily- armed
Pakistani terrorists, suspected to be belonging to Jaish-e-Mohammed outfit,
struck at the Air Force base in Pathankot. Indian intelligence reports
suggested that groups and people in Pakistan planned and executed the strike.
Law enforcement agencies have also picked up "some
suspects" connected to Pathankot airbase attack from Bahwalapur district,
the hometown of Maulana Masood Azhar, chief of banned terror outfit
Jaish-e-Mohammed.
The intelligence agencies have picked up some suspects from
Bahawalpur on the leads provided by India in Pathankot airbase attack and
shifted them to undisclosed location for interrogation," Pakistani news
channel ARY News reported.1
In Islamabad, intelligence officials claimed raids were carried
out in Gujranwala, Jhelum and Bahawalpur districts and an unspecified number of
people were arrested.
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