Islamabad: Referring to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's remarks that terror groups based in Pakistan were plotting attacks against India, Islamabad on Tuesday asked New Delhi to share information on the threats.
On his part, the Indian envoy in Pakistan said proof of this had already been shared.
"If the (Indian) Prime Minister says something like this, we can't take it lightly," Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi told reporters on the sidelines of an official function in Islamabad.
"If there is such information with (India), share it with the government of Pakistan so that we can pre-empt such an act," he said.
"We have conveyed this to them and let's see what is their response," he added.
India has already provided to Pakistan solid proof of possible terror attacks being staged on it from this country, Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Sharat Sabharwal was quoted as saying.
"Terrorists living on Pakistani soil are posing a serious threat to India and it is the responsibility of the Pakistani government to eliminate it", Online news agency quoted Sabharwal as saying.
The terrorists who executed the 26/11 Mumbai carnage belonged to Pakistan and proof of this had have been provided to Islamabad, which should take the necessary action in this regard, the envoy maintained.
India had suffered huge economic and financial losses due to Mumbai terror attacks, which had damaged its image, Sabharwal added.
According to the envoy, threats of infiltration into Indian territory from Pakistani soil could not be ruled out.
Addressing a conference of chief ministers on internal security on Monday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had said "there is credible information of ongoing plans of terrorist groups in Pakistan to carry out fresh attacks" and warned of fresh infiltration from across the border.
Manmohan Singh also described cross-border terrorism as "the most pervasive threat" facing India and stressed the need for continuing vigilance.
Soon after Manmohan Singh's remarks, Afrasiab, director general (South Asia) in Pakistan's Foreign Office, Monday called India's deputy high commissioner Manpreet Vohra and conveyed to him that Islamabad would like to "extend its fullest cooperation" to New Delhi "to preempt any act of terror".
The Indian Prime Minister's remarks warrant serious and prompt action, Afrasiab told Vohra, according to a statement by Pakistan Foreign Office.
"In all sincerity, we would request India to share information they have and for our part we stand ready to cooperate fully in pre-empting any act of terror," the Foreign Office said.
"I think (Manmohan Singh's) statement was uncalled for and it would have been better if he had not made such a statement because Pakistan and India are moving towards better relations, especially after the meetings (between the Indian premier and President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani)," Pakistan's Minister of State for Information Sumsam Ali Bukhari had told reporters on Monday.
"As Pakistanis, we would not want any problems to occur anywhere. We are ourselves victims of terrorism," Bukhari added.
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