The trust deficit has become a stumbling block in moving ahead on a proposal by South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) countries to set up a regional police network.
“Instead of exchanging dossiers, we will exchange hearts,” Pakistan interior minister Rehman Malik said ahead of his meeting with Union home minister P Chidambaram in Islamabad on Friday. Inadvertently maybe, but Malik probably spoke the truth. Ahead of the bilateral talks, aimed at reducing the trust deficit between the two countries, it has emerged that India and Pakistan are unwilling to share information on terrorists.
The trust deficit has become a stumbling block in moving ahead on a proposal by South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) countries to set up a regional police network. On the second day of the Saarc interior ministers’ conference in Islamabad, only India and Pakistan objected to the formation of the regional police network.
Sources privy to the dialogue said India and Pakistan are not willing to share information on terrorists and criminals under, what they claim, are extraordinary circumstances in their countries. Both are opposed to the expansion of information-sharing mechanism among Saarc police authorities. Under article 10 of the Saarc charter, a proposal cannot be accepted without the support of all member countries.
Earlier, Sri Lanka had suggested the setting up of a regional police network to help detect trans-national crimes, control terrorism and arrest wanted criminals. Pakistan had proposed setting up an institute of criminology in the country to help update security personnel of member countries on latest techniques of crime prevention and detection, sources said.
The Pakistani authorities protested that though India had a similar institution, it did not extend visas to Pakistani students and guaranteed no security for them. Pakistan also raised the issue of growing unrest in Balochistan due to alleged Indian involvement. India refuted the charges.
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