deepak pace
DJ_DEE
Islamabad, November 29
Pakistan today backtracked on sending ISI chief Shuja Pasha to India in connection with the probe into the terrorist attacks in Mumbai and instead deputed a representative of the spy agency for the task. The decision was taken within hours of Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani agreeing to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s demand to fly the ISI chief to Delhi.
At a meeting here early today, President Asif Ali Zardari, Gilani and Army chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani decided against sending Pasha to India which suspected involvement of Pakistani elements in the Mumbai terror attacks that left many dead. The unscheduled meeting held at the presidency continued well past 1.30 am.
“A representative of the ISI will visit India, instead of its director general Lt Gen Shuja Pasha, to help in investigating the Mumbai terrorism incident,” a spokesman for the Prime Minister's House said here. Gilani had yesterday agreed to send the ISI chief to New Delhi.
Soon after Pakistan backtracked on sending the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief to India in connection with the Mumbai terror probe, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has blamed the about-turn on a “miscommunication” with India. He said a representative of the spy agency would be sent instead of the ISI chief.
Under intense pressure from the opposition parties back home in Pakistan, Zardari claimed that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, during a telephonic talk with him on Friday, had requested for sending the “director”. "There was a miscommunication... We had announced that a director will come from my side.. That is what was requested by the Prime Minister and that is what we agreed," the Pakistan President told Karan Thapar's “Devil's Advocate” programme.
Pakistan today backtracked on sending ISI chief Shuja Pasha to India in connection with the probe into the terrorist attacks in Mumbai and instead deputed a representative of the spy agency for the task. The decision was taken within hours of Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani agreeing to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s demand to fly the ISI chief to Delhi.
At a meeting here early today, President Asif Ali Zardari, Gilani and Army chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani decided against sending Pasha to India which suspected involvement of Pakistani elements in the Mumbai terror attacks that left many dead. The unscheduled meeting held at the presidency continued well past 1.30 am.
“A representative of the ISI will visit India, instead of its director general Lt Gen Shuja Pasha, to help in investigating the Mumbai terrorism incident,” a spokesman for the Prime Minister's House said here. Gilani had yesterday agreed to send the ISI chief to New Delhi.
Soon after Pakistan backtracked on sending the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief to India in connection with the Mumbai terror probe, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has blamed the about-turn on a “miscommunication” with India. He said a representative of the spy agency would be sent instead of the ISI chief.
Under intense pressure from the opposition parties back home in Pakistan, Zardari claimed that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, during a telephonic talk with him on Friday, had requested for sending the “director”. "There was a miscommunication... We had announced that a director will come from my side.. That is what was requested by the Prime Minister and that is what we agreed," the Pakistan President told Karan Thapar's “Devil's Advocate” programme.
