Pakistan doesn’t want repeat of Babri incident, says Rehman Malik
15 Dec 2012 7:27 AM IST
Pakistan interior ministerRehman Malik on Friday said his country was committed to bring to justice those who had taken part in 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, but also added that his country does not want a repeat of the unpleasant incidents of past, including demolition of Babri Masjid.
‘We do not want 9/11, Mumbai bomb blast, Samjhauta Express blast. We do not want Babri Masjid issue,’ Malik said in the presence of Indian home minister Sushilkumar Shinde.
Referring to the 26/11 Mumbai attack, Malik said the Pakistani government has taken action on it and seven people have been arrested and 20 others have been named as proclaimed offenders. ‘We will not leave any stone unturned. The day is not far away when you will see convictions,’ he said.
Malik added a discordant note when he referred to the 6 December, 1992, Babri Masjid demolitionalong with the reference to 9/11 attack, 26/11 Mumabi terror attack and the Samjhauta Express blast of 2007, in which some Hindu right-wing groups have been suspected of involvement.
New visa regime India and Pakistan Friday made operational a liberalized visa regime as Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Islamabad’s ‘journey to peace’ with New Delhi was firmly on track. The visa regime announcement was made after talks between Rehman Malik and Indian home minister Sushilkumar Shinde shortly after the former began a three-day visit to India.
But even while preaching peace with India, he made discordant voices. He dismissed Indian charges that Pakistanis had tortured and mutilated Indian soldier Saurab Kalia during the 1999 Kargil conflict. He also questioned the Indian evidence on Lashkar-e-Taiba leader Hafiz Saeed vis-a-vis the 2008 Mumbai terror attack.
‘Pakistan and India have to be friends,’ Malik said after arriving from Islamabad, his landing delayed by about four hours. ‘I come with a message of love and peace from the people of Pakistan.’
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