Pak not cooperating in Pathankot airbase attack probe: Rajnath

Slamming Pakistan for not cooperating in the Pathankot airbase attack probe, home minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said this showed the neighbouring country was sponsoring terrorism from its land.

Slamming Pakistan for not cooperating in the Pathankot airbase attack probe, Union home minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said this showed the neighbouring country was sponsoring terrorism from its land.

Air force station in Pathankot (HT file Photo)

Rajnath, who was in the city on Saturday, said: “We allowed the Pakistani probe team to visit the airbase as a gesture of goodwill, but the neighbouring country again betrayed us. Even after five months of the attack, they are not allowing our National Investigation Agency team to visit their country as the agency has ample proof of Pakistan’s hand in the attack,” said the home minister.

Pakistan talks about Kashmir on every international platform, but it is not an issue, it’s PoK which needs to be discussed. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been trying to improve relations with neighbouring countries, but we have not received positive response from Pakistan,” he said.

“We have heightened vigil along the borders by installing modern equipment and efforts are being made to check infiltration,” the home minister said while replying to a query.

“We believe in procedural and structural development and our aim is to provide corruption-free and good governance,” he added.

Later, the home minister attended a function of BJP workers which was attended by minister of state for defence Rao Inderjit Singh and party’s national vice-president Satpal Malik.