A day after New Delhi said it would confront Islamabad with the evidence of its involvement in the Mumbai train blasts, Pakistan today promised action against any of its nationals with links to the attack if it’s provided information but said it would not hand over any suspect.

“If India feels it is not propagandist and it feels that it has some information that suggests links with some people, some kind of connection, yes, we will take action and help India investigate,” Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam told reporters here. However, she made it clear that Pakistan would not hand over anybody to India. “But at the same time nobody would be handed over,” she said.

She termed as “propagandist” Mumbai police commissioner A N Roy’s assertion that the ISI masterminded the blasts which was carried out by activists of Lashkar-e-Toiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed and SIMI. She said Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon has not spoken about the involvement of ISI. “Indian Foreign Secretary did not say ISI was involved. It was the Mumbai police commissioner who made these allegations”.

“We have already said Mumbai police allegations, like the earlier allegations, are not based on facts. They are propagandist and Indian officials and media have been doing this. The purpose of issuing such statements is to divert attention from Indian indigenous elements who are behind terror attacks in Mumbai and Malegaon. This is all internal. This is another effort to externalize an internal malaise,” she said.

On the resumption of the stalled Indo-Pak dialogue, she said talks were likely to take place after the holy month of Ramzan. “The Foreign secretaries of the two countries are in touch with each other. They have exchanged some ideas. The likely time for their meeting is any time after Ramzan,” she said.

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