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Chidambaram to raise Hafiz Saeed issue during Pakistan visit

Chidambaram is expected to have a bilateral meeting with Rehman Malik on the sidelines of Saarc interior ministers' conference scheduled on June 26.

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Amid India's disappointment, home minister P Chidambaram is expected to raise the issue of LeT founder Hafiz Saeed being let off by Pakistani Supreme Court when he meets his counterpart Rehman Malik during his visit to Islamabad next month.

Chidambaram is expected to have a bilateral meeting with Malik on the sidelines of Saarc Interior Ministers' conference scheduled on June 26.

During the meeting, Chidambaram is likely to discuss the status of investigations and trial in the Mumbai attack case in Pakistan, sources said.

In this connection, the Home Minister is expected to press for action against Saeed, whom India considers as the "mastermind" of Mumbai attack but has been let off by the Supreme Court for want of adequate evidence.

India believes that Saeed could go scotfree because Pakistan is not appropriately pushing evidence against him.

While Pakistan claims it does not have enough evidence against him, India has been maintaining that it has given a lot of material showing Saeed's involvement in Mumbai and several other terror incidents but it was not being used.

Chidambaram is also expected to press for dismantling of terror infrastructure in Pakistan and end to cross-border movement of terrorists.

India, however, is not pinning much hopes on the outcome of the meeting.

"Considering some recent developments, we have no great expectation from Pakistan of taking any action from any of the issues we have been raising," an official said.

Islamabad is also not taking any action against PoK-based terrorist groups and allowing them to engage in anti-India activities freely.

Sources said if Pakistan brings up issues like alleged human rights violation in Jammu and Kashmir, release all political prisoners and repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers Act) in Jammu and Kashmir, it will only add to India's frustation rather than rebuilding trust between the neighbours.

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