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Summary The Indian government had earlier asked Pakistan to send the commission between February 1 and 10.
A Pakistani judicial commission will visit India on March 12 as part of the probe into the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said today.Malik made the remarks during a meeting here with Pakistans High Commissioner to India, Shahid Malik.The minister was briefed by the envoy on the judicial commissions planned visit to India, officials said.The minister said the judicial commission would visit India on March 12 and directed the High Commissioner to inform Indian authorities about the visit, officials said.The Indian government had earlier asked Pakistan to send the commission between February 1 and 10.However, the panel could not go ahead with the visit due to various reasons, including questions raised about the panels notification by lawyers defending the seven Pakistani suspects accused of involvement in the Mumbai incident.At a hearing on Tuesday, the anti-terrorism court conducting the trial of the seven suspects asked the prosecution lawyers to present a fresh notification about the commissions visit to India to interview key officials.On the other hand, official sources in New Delhi said that the Pakistani had sought new dates for the commissions visit but a decision in this regard was yet to be made.The sources further said the Indian side would have to see whether a fresh notification regarding the commissions visit would be in line with the agreement between the two sides on the functioning of the panel.
