Islamabad: A team of Pakistani investigators are likely to visit India next month for collecting evidence on the involvement of Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists in the Pathankot terror attack, a media report on said.
"The team's visit is expected," a senior diplomat told Dawn News, adding that the dates for the trip were yet to be finalised.
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The registration of FIR by the Counter-Terrorism Department of Punjab police has paved the way for the visit of the six-member investigation team constituted by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif weeks after the attack on the Air Force base in Pathankot on January 2, the report said.
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The investigation team will visit the site of the attack and collect evidence on India's assertion that the terror strike was planned in Pakistan and executed by a group of four persons who had crossed the border into Pathankot, it said. The report said the visit is likely to take place next month.
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The investigators will also meet officials of India's National Investigating Agency probing the attack, it said. It also said the FIR will provide a legal basis for taking the investigation forward.
A diplomatic source was quoted as saying that India was ready to receive the Pakistani team and facilitate it in investigations.
