Pak claims it has made progress in 26/11 probe

In an interview to a TV channel,Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi claimed that progress has been made in the 26/11 investigations with chargesheet already been filed against seven people,two of whom are main accused.

8220;8230;They are under trial and we feel we have collected sufficient evidence against them to argue a good case for their conviction,8221; he said.

But on Saeed,he said 8220;the evidence provided is inadequate8230;We arrested him. The court let him go. Now,if we take him without sufficient evidence,he will go scot free. The evidence will not stand the test of scrutiny.8221;

8220;We have to move ahead. We want to prosecute them. We want to convict them. Not because you want us because today there is a realisation in Pakistan that these people are creating a havoc in Pakistan.

8220;They are destroying Pakistan8217;s image internationally. They are not helping our economy. They are taking innocent lives8230;.So,we have to do it for ourselves,8221; Qureshi added.

On meeting his Indian counterpart S M Krishna,Qureshi said Pakistan was always for dialogue but it has to be without any pre-conditions.