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New Delhi, Jul 22: Not satisfied by Pakistan's offer of cooperation in probe into Mumbai blasts, India today asked Islamabad to hand over Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin and underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.

Emphasizing that Pakistan must act on the promises made earlier not to allow the territory under its control for any terrorist activities against India, New Delhi also asked Islamabad to ban Jamaat-ud-Dawa, political outfit of Lashkar-e-Toiba, and arrest its leaders.

Affirming India's commitment to the dialogue process with Islamabad, External Affairs Ministry Spokesman Navtej Sarna, however, said this can "be sustained and yield results only if Pakistan acts against terrorist groups operating from its territory and PoK in accordance with its solemn commitment of January 6, 2004."

Pakistan Rejects Demand to Extradite Dawood 
 
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Islamabad:  Rejecting India's demand for deportation of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and Hizbul Muhajideen chief Syed Salahuddin, Pakistan on Friday claimed there was nothing to warrant the pointing of an accusatory finger at it in the Mumbai train blasts.

A strongly-worded statement by Pakistan Foreign Ministry said the fact that after 10 days of the blasts India had little to say other than to mention Ibrahim and Salahuddin "demonstrates that there was nothing to warrant the irresponsible act of finger-pointing at Pakistan immediately after the Mumbai attack."

The statement came after the Indian External Affairs Ministry Spokesman Navtej Sarna demanded the deportation of Ibrahim and Salahuddin and a ban on Jamat-ud- Dawa, political wing of Lashker-e-Taiba terrorist outfit, a day after Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf offered to help in the probe into the blasts if India gave proof.

The Foreign Ministry statement said India made similar demands and allegations after the attacks on Indian Parliament and Chattisinghpura massacre of Sikhs in Jammu and Kashmir.

"Pakistan rejects the rehash of baseless allegations made by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs Spokesman while commenting on the President's offer to help in the Mumbai blasts investigations," it said.

"This has become a routine with India. On earlier occasions, similar Indian accusations were belied by independent enquiries such as in the case of Chittisinghpura incident of March 2000 and the December 2001 attack on the Indian Parliament which exposed involvement of elements internal to India," the statement said.