JeM leaders held, Pakistan to send team to Pathankot
Amidst mounting pressure from India and the US, Pakistan intensified its crackdown in connection with Pathankot attack and conducted raids on terrorist-infested zones and made a flurry of arrests which included top leaders of Jaishe-Mohammad, including chief Masood Azhar, besides sealing offices of the outfit
By : migrator
Update: 2016-01-13 16:07 GMT
Islamabad
The arrests of JeM leaders is seen as a desperate bid by Pakistan to ensure that the foreign secretary level talks are held as per schedule on Jan 15.
Pakistan’s prime minister’s office said in a statement that the offices of the group were being traced and sealed, and that the government wanted to send a team of special investigators to the Pathankot air base to extend cooperation to the Indian team.
In yet another stern message to Pakistan, US president Barack Obama, in his final State of the Union address on Wednesday, warned that Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Middle East could become safe havens for new terrorist networks.
“Even without IS, instability will continue in many parts of the world – Pakistan, the Middle East and Afghanistan. Some of these places may become safe havens for new terror networks,” he said.
Meanwhile, at least seven Afghan troops were killed on Wednesday when militants launched a 4-hour gun and bomb siege near the Indian and Pakistani consulate in Jalalabad, officials said.
Indian Army chief Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag squarely blamed Pakistani Army for having derailed the peace process a “number of times.” “It has done it many times. I am not saying in this (Pathankot) connection
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