ISLAMABAD: The chief of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will visit Pakistan next week to discuss the probe
into last year’s Mumbai terrorist attacks, the Foreign Office (FO) said on Thursday. “We understand that they have helped
India in their ongoing investigations and we hope they will assist us by way of providing any further information or
intelligence they may have,” FO spokesman Abdul Basit said during the weekly briefing. To a question he said FBI chief
Robert Mueller would arrive in Islamabad on March 4. Sources familiar with the plans told Daily Times a team of senior FBI
officials would accompany Mueller and interrogate the six suspects held by Pakistan. Basit said Pakistan was still waiting
for India’s response to its questions regarding the Mumbai attacks. “Pakistan is also looking forward to the restoration of peace process and dialogue between the two countries. We hope that this will be sooner rather than later.” The Supreme Court verdict disqualifying the Sharif brothers was
Pakistan’s internal matter, the spokesman said, adding he had not seen any international reaction on the event except from
Washington. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan will lead the Pakistani delegation to the 31st
session of the SAARC Council of Ministers meeting in Colombo on February 27 and 28, the spokesman said. sajjad malik
Daily Times (Pakistan)
