Pakistan to 'soon' approach India to allow its special investigation team to visit Pathankot

[Maarkhoor]

New Delhi: In the backdrop of a deadly assault on an Indian Airbase last month, Pakistan's interior minister said on Tuesday that they may approach India to let its special investigation team to visit Punjab's Pathankot.
“Pakintan would approach India to allow special investigation team to visit Pathankot to gather relevant information on Pathankot attack,” Pak Interior Minister Nisar Ali Khan.

The official further said, “Foreign Office will formally contact India to seek permission for the visit, as answers to many questions & links can be identified there,” ANI reported.

Khan also said that the investigation team has held many meetings and its work was proceeding.



Khan today made the remarks after Pakistan earlier offered to send an SIT to probe the Pathankot attack that left seven security personnel killed.

Indian security personnel also killed six militants in the January 2 attack on the airbase, which is merely 50 km from Pakistani border.

The development comes days after Pak officials said that they found no evidence implicating Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Maulana Masood Azhar whom India blamed for the attack.

The raid on the air base stalled efforts to revive bilateral talks between the nuclear-armed neighbours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an unscheduled visit to his Pakistani counterpart, Nawaz Sharif, in December.

In January, Pakistani authorities detained Azhar and several members of Jaish-e-Mohammad, sealed offices belonging to the outfit, and shut down several religious schools run by the group.

The security officials said earlier that Azhar remained in custody, but did not say whether authorities were considering his release.

The investigating team has not ruled out the possibility that other members of Azhar’s group may have been involved, the officials said.

It also continued to look into groups affiliated with the United Jihad Council, an alliance of pro-Pakistan militant groups based in the Pakistani-administered part of the divided Kashmir region that claimed responsibility for the assault in Pathankot.

Jaish-e-Mohammad did not claim responsibility for the attack, but praised it in a statement released a few days afterward.

Pakistan to 'soon' approach India to allow its special investigation team to visit Pathankot | Zee News

 

[Maarkhoor]

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[halupridol]

result-
n GOI will refuse,,Pakistan will clear masood citing lack of evidence,,GOI will whine for few weeks,eventually ppl will forget pathankot n our bigmouths will shamelessly return to repeat thr waddi waddi batein

 

[Tipu7]

Lets investigate and end this ''Pathakot'' drama..............
There are other pending cases in list................ Like this one

 

[halupridol]

edit-to what end

 

[TheNoob]

yup,,,i agree,,,just like the other super dramas,,,peshawar,abottabad

I wouldnt bring the kids into this.

 

[PARIKRAMA]

I dont know what GOI will do.. But i am guessing NIA probe is not over and report is not yet finalized... Perhaps GOI will first like to share some finding based on NIA probe and its report and then think about any more investigative team visit to Pathankot...

Moreover IMHO this visit would have been much easier to handle if say NSA Janjua and NSA Doval would have met and talked... Both these gentlemen could have then discussed with respective governments to make some efforts to give access to the team investigating and credible results aspect..

Under present circumstances, i have a feeling GOI will politely defer it stating NIA probe not over and no report tabled...

 

[rockstar08]

they wont let Pakistani Investigators access to Pathankot base ..

 

[Sky lord]

So the fox wants to inspect the chicken coop!

 

[Laozi]

they wont let Pakistani Investigators access to Pathankot base ..

Which sane country would allow an enemy nation's spy agencies into their defence bases.

Would Pakistan allow Indian investigators to question Hafis Saeed let alone enter Defence bases which were attacked or might be attacked by terrorists.

If Pakistan's National action plan against terrorism is implemented without discrimination then that would be the best solution for both the nations

 

[Zibago]

they wont let Pakistani Investigators access to Pathankot base ..

.,پردہ جو اٹھ گیا تو بھید کھل جاے گا

 

[mkb95]

and also ask them to bring cameras to record everything inside base,let them inspect our sukhois,give them files of every secretive indian ops.
these are the other little things we could do if we agree to this.