India has given fresh evidence on Pathankot attack: Nawaz Sharif

London Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today said India has given fresh leads relating to the Pathankot terror attack and Pakistan is verifying the facts to bring the perpetrators to justiceI have received fresh leads from India on the Pathankot attack and we will look and examine those evidences given by India We could have hidden it or forgotten it but we asserted that we have received the evidences Sharif said on a day when US President Barack Obama termed the Pathankot terror strike as another example of the inexcusable terrorism that India has endured for too longPakistan has an opportunity to show that it is serious about delegitimising disrupting and dismantling terror networks Obama told PTI in an interviewPakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif File picWe are probing and verifying that Once we are done with that we would definitely bring the facts forward Along with that we have also formed a special investigating team they would go to India and collect more evidence Sharif said here on his arrival from Davos after attending the World Economic ForumI had a word with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and he had offered every help possible from their side in bringing the perpetrators to justice We are going on the right lines and I hope the perpetrators will be brought to justice soon said Sharif who promised further Pakistani action to combat militants but conceded that progress had often been slowIndia gave specific and actionable information to Pakistan soon after the Pathankot attack reportedly carried out by JaisheMohammed terrorists on the intervening night of January 1 and 2 that killed seven Indian soldiersSharif said a Pakistani investigation team will also visit India to collect further information on the attack He also said Pakistan and India should not interfere in each others affairs He said Pakistan believes in noninterference in internal affairs of other countries and wants others to follow suitPakistani National Security Advisor Lt Gen Naseer Khan Janjua on January 5 had called up his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval during which they discussed specific and actionable information related to the Pathankot terror strikeDoval and Janjua talked about various information and leads like the Pakistani numbers which the attackers had called and their intercepts with India asserting that an effective action on part of Pakistan was importantSharif was speaking days after a deadly attack by heavily armed gunmen on a university near Peshawar killed 21 people The attack bore a chilling resemblance to the December 2014 Peshawar school attack in which over 150 people mostly children were killed prompting the government to launch a National Action Plan NAP cracking down on militancySharif said Pakistan would continue the fight against militants We will fulfil this responsibility he said Sharif said Pakistan and Afghanistan have an agreement not to allow their respective soil for terrorist activities adding that Pakistan is fully abiding by this understanding However some elements are active in Afghanistan who carry out terrorist attacks in Pakistan Sharif saidHe said Pakistan has always supported an Afghanowned and Afghanled peace process in Afghanistan as a peaceful and stable Afghanistan is in the best interest of not only Pakistan but also the entire region Sharif said a committee comprising Pakistan Afghanistan China and the US is working for peace in AfghanistanRegarding the National Action Plan to eliminate terrorism he said the government is fully determined to expedite its implementation and assured that all steps will be taken to root out the menace of terrorismSharif said the army and all other institutions are on the same page in fight against terrorism He also said Pakistans reconciliatory efforts to mitigate tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran were aimed at peacefully resolving differences between both the Islamic countries