No ‘prejudicial’ proof against LeT: Pak

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New Delhi, July 28: Notwithstanding India’s assertions about the Lashker-e-Taiba’s (LeT) involvement in major terrorist strikes like the July 11 blasts in Mumbai, Pakistan has said it has no “prejudicial” evidence against the group.

Pointing out that the LeT was banned in his country, Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said, “We don’t see any evidence of their activity that’s prejudicial.

“We have done a lot to transform some of these people.” Aziz, in an interview to Outlook magazine, bolstered his point by citing the relief work done by the Jamaat-ud-Daawa, the LeT’s parent organisation, in the aftermath of the October 8, 2005 earthquake in the Kashmir region.

The LeT has been blamed by India for major terrorist strikes in the country, including the December 2001 attack on Parliament and the Mumbai blasts that killed 200 people.

However, Aziz said Pakistan was yet to see “passion” on India’s part to resolve outstanding issues like the Kashmir dispute, according to a release from the magazine.

“I believe you must have a passion for peace. We in Pakistan, President (Pervez) Musharraf and I, have a passion for peace. I have yet to see this passion on the part of India,” he said. He said the resolution of the Kashmir issue was key to sustainable peace between India and Pakistan.

“We have suggested several ideas for discussion (on Kashmir)...We feel that peace and solution of the Kashmir problem will transform South Asia,” he said.

In the same issue of the magazine, Pakistan foreign minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri expressed disappointment at India’s decision to defer foreign secretary-level talks following the Mumbai bomb attacks.