Pathankot attack: No double game with India, Pakistan tells White House

Islamabad: Pakistan was not playing any double game with India regarding investigations into the Pathankot airbase attack, Islamabad has told Washington.

A government official said the US was taken into confidence on the investigations conducted so far into the Pathankot incident. “We have told them we are serious in finding out whether someone from Pakistan is involved in the terror act. There have been arrests and the investigations are ongoing. There has been no double game and there will not be any double game on the Pathankot issue,” he added.

He said the Prime Minister and the foreign ministry both have got the message from Washington that Pres-ident Barrack Obama and his team were happy with Pakistan reaction to the Pathankot attack and hoped there will be fair investigations.

Another official said the US has convoyed to Pakistan that it is also pressing India to be patient.

Pakistan has been actively investigating the Pathankot attack as Prime Minister Sharif conveyed to his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi he will not allow anyone to derail the peace process. The authorities took JeM chief Maulana Masood Azhar into ‘protective custody’ and sealed many seminaries run by the proscribed outfit.