Pakistan to help if India gives evidence of spy role

PAKISTAN: Pakistan's foreign ministry pledged to take action if rival India produced any evidence to show that Pakistan's spy agency was involved in the Mumbai train bombings in July.

But Pakistan again denied claims by Mumbai police that the country's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency and the Lashkar-e-Taiba Islamic militant group helped launch the attacks that killed 186 people.

"If India feels that it has some information that suggests links with some people here or some kind of connection, then yes we will take action and will help India in its investigations," foreign ministry spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam told a weekly briefing.

Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon said that New Delhi would hand over evidence of the alleged links, but Aslam said Pakistan had not received anything from India so far.

"What we expect from India is to share the claimed evidence and information with us so that we can cooperate with them," she said.

Islamabad, Tuesday, AFP