India-pak foreign secy talks from tomorrow Pak lying about prisoner count: MHA

Following the arrest of Abu Jundal and new revelations in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, cross-border terrorism will once again dominate proceedings at the two day foreign secretary level talks between India and Pakistan starting July 4.

Sources said a core team of senior officials from ministries of home and foreign affairs and has been assigned the task of preparing a detailed note on the developments post Jundal’s arrest that will be taken up strongly with

India has on Monday handed over to Pakistan a list of names of 269 Pakistani prisoners, including 26/11 accused Ajmal Kasab, lodged in Indian jails. A similar list shared by Pakistan says only 69 indian prisoners are in the country. This claim is being contested by the home ministry which has asked Pakistan to review it by seeking details from Pakistan Army and ISI. MHA believes at least 250 Indians are in Pakistani custody, many of whom may be under the custody of the Pakistan Army of which their interior ministry may have no knowledge. Pakistan.

Sources said though much of what transpires between foreign secretary Ranjan Mathai and his Pakistani counterpart Jalil Abbas Jilani may not come out in the public domain as New Delhi is expected to do some tough talking with Islamabad particularly on the issue of State support in the 26/11 attacks.

— PTI Director general of Pakistan Rangers (Sindh), Major General Rizwan Akhtar, right, shakes hands with a BSF officer at the BSF-Pakistan Rangers bi-annual meeting at the Border Security Force headquarters in New Delhi on Monday.