
The first meeting of the Indo-Pakistan Joint Anti-Terrorism Group, which begins in Islamabad tomorrow, will be more a formality with not much on the table. The
Indian side is unlikely to share anything substantial on the Samjhauta Express attack investigation with the Pakistanis who have been pressing New Delhi to release probe details.
With no breakthrough yet in the case, what the Indian team is expected to do is share details of what the Haryana Police have come up with in their probe so far.
The case is being investigated by a Special Task Force comprising officers of the Haryana Police and the Railway Police who are being assisted by other forces, including Delhi Police.
Other issues the team headed by Additional Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs K C Singh is expected to bring up include the status of missing persons India has been pursuing and activities of terror groups like the Lashkar-e-Toiba, whose name cropped up during the Mumbai train blast investigation, and the Jaish-e-Mohammed JeM.
In addition, the Indian team intends to remind Pakistan about two lists that had been furnished earlier, one relating to some 20 fugitives from Indian law who are believed to have crossed over to Pakistan and the other detailing Red Corner Notices that have bee n issued against persons Indian security agencies maintain are in Pakistan.
Officials maintained that the first meeting would also be used to work out the broad framework for sharing information between the two countries.
8220;Both sides have to decide what information and how much of it should be shared under the joint mechanism,8221; an official said.