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Omar rejects Pak. offer
- PTI
NEW DELHI, DEC. 17. The Minister of State for External Affairs, Mr. Omar Abdullah, today debunked Pakistan's offer of a joint probe into Thursday's attack on Parliament House saying Islamabad had already shown its lack of ``seriousness'' by blaming Indian Intelligence agencies for the attack.
``One really feels surprised. First, the Pakistan President, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, is quick enough to condemn the audacious attack and the very next day Pakistan blames us for the same,'' Mr. Abdullah said here.
Gen. Musharraf had the habit of eating his own words like militant outfits operating from Pakistani soil. ``The Jaish- e-Mohammed (JeM) was quick enough to own the responsibility for the October 1 attack on the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly which was later withdrawn following pressure from the ISI,'' he said and wondered ``whether Gen. Musharraf is also governed by the ISI.'' ``Now, after the clinching evidence in the ghastly attack on Parliament proving Pakistani involvement, the incident was enough of an `eye opener' for the world about Islamabad's nefarious designs to keep the South Asian region ``unstable''.
``I do not know why they are jealous of our age-old democracy. First an attack was carried out at Jammu and Kashmir Assembly and now Parliament,'' he said.
The fool proof evidence gathered by police and Central Intelligence agencies against Pakistan attracted the United Nations resolution 1373 on terrorism and ``now the world body needs to react.''
Mr. Abdullah did not rule out the possibility of India striking militant camps in Pakistan but said this was not the ``first and immediate option'' available with the Government.
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