[Reader-list] Pak backtracks, to send ISI rep now and not the chief

[Pawan Durani]

*"Perhaps they would be sending some watchman or a gatekeeper to India
.....these cheats have cheated the Indian PM as well"*
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http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Mumbai-attack-India-forces-Pak-to-send-ISI-chief/391804/
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*Pak backtracks, to send ISI rep now and not the chief*

*Islamabad* Pakistan backtracked on sending ISI chief Shuja Pasha to India
in connection with the probe into the terrorist attacks in Mumbai and
instead deputed a representative of the spy agency for the task.

The decision was taken within hours of Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani agreeing
to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's demand to fly the ISI chief to Delhi.

At a meeting here early morning on Saturday, President Asif Ali Zardari,
Gilani and Army chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani decided against sending Pasha to
India which suspected involvement of Pakistani elements in the Mumbai terror
attacks that left over 160 dead.

The unscheduled meeting held at the presidency continued well past 1.30 a.m.


"A representative of the ISI will visit India, instead of its Director
General Lt Gen Shuja Pasha, to help in investigating the Mumbai terrorism
incident," a spokesman for the Prime Minister's House said.

Gilani had yesterday agreed to send the ISI chief to New Delhi for sharing
information on the coordinated terror attacks on Mumbai when spoke to Singh
over phone.

The Pakistan Prime Minister had telephoned Singh to condemn the attacks and
offer Islamabad's assistance in investigating the incident.

Singh wanted the ISI chief to visit Delhi to put before him information
about the possible involvement of Pakistani elements, including those
belonging to militant outfit Lashkar-e Toiba (LeT), in the terror strikes.

Separate statements issued by the Prime Minister's House and the Foreign
Office had earlier said the ISI chief would travel to India in connection
with the probe.

The statement from the Prime Minister's House had said the "ISI chief will
visit India at the earliest" after modalities were worked out by both
governments.

Gilani's decision was criticised by the opposition PML-N, PML-Q and
Jamaat-e-Islami. Analysts in India and Pakistan had also questioned whether
the civilian government led by Gilani's Pakistan People's Party would be
able to convince the powerful military to send the ISI chief to India.