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Pak action against terror must be credible,verifiable: Pranab

A day after India handed over to Pakistan more evidence regarding the Mumbai terror attacks,External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday.....

A day after India handed over to Pakistan more evidence regarding the Mumbai terror attacks,External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said he expected Islamabad to follow up its commitment with tangible action. He also said the dismantling of terror infrastructure should be verifiable and credible to the international community.

Words and commitments should be followed by tangible Action, he told a press conference here when asked whether he was satisfied with Pakistans handling of the investigation into the Mumbai attacks.

Mukherjee pointed out that India had been demanding Pakistan to dismantle terror infrastructure on its soil,handing over of fugitives to Delhi under the Indian law,and bringing the perpetrators of the Mumbai terror strikes to justice.

Question is not (about) objective satisfaction or

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dissatisfaction. It is a question of certain hard facts, he said.

From day one,day one means the day I had a conversation with my Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi,what we want is the dismantling of the infrastructure of facilities available to terrorists located in Pakistan, Mukherjee said,adding,And the complete dismantling should be verifiable and credible not only to us but also to the international community.

He said the evidence of dismantling of terror facilities should be shared not only with India but also with the international community.

The second (issue) is fugitives of Indian law that they must be handed over to us. Third,the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks must be brought to justice, Mukherjee said.

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