India could have avoided Mumbai attack: Malik

Rezaul H Laskar

Islamabad, Aug 28 (PTI) Facing strident calls to bring the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks to justice, Pakistan says the terror strike last November "would not have happened" if India had shared information about some suspects in time.

Islamabad also said it will examine the fresh evidence provided by India on the basis of which Interpol issued a Red Corner Notice against JuD chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, the prime accused in planning and executing the 26/11 attacks.

At a news conference in London yesterday, Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik claimed how India could have avoided the Mumbai attack while making a reference to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's recent remarks that there is credible information Pakistan-based terror groups might carry out fresh attacks in India.

"Please give us some information. We want that information because we want to go to the depth (of the matter)," he said.