LAHORE, Feb 6: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that a report on preliminary investigations into the Mumbai attacks will be submitted to him on Monday and its findings will be made public soon.

Talking to reporters at the airport here on Friday, he said the findings would also be shared with India and the international community.

“No fact will be kept secret.”

Mr Gilani rejected an impression that the country stood isolated after the attacks. “The entire world is supporting our stance on the Mumbai attacks.”

The prime minister said Pakistan was not silent on the Kashmir dispute and wanted its resolution in accordance with the wishes of the people of Kashmir. He said the issue had been raised with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during his recent visit to Islamabad.

It was also raised with US Vice-President Joe Biden and at the World Economic Forum, he added.

He denied that there were differences of opinion between Kashmiri leaders and the government over the issue.

He declined to comment on Sharif brothers’ statement that they would not accept any “unfavourable decision” of the Supreme Court in their electoral eligibility case.

“It’s their opinion that they are being disqualified under any conspiracy,” he said, adding that his government was following “a policy of non-interference in judicial affairs”.

In reply to a question about increasing cooperation between the PPP and the PML-Q, the prime minister said the Punjab governor was in a better position to throw light on his meetings with former chief minister Pervaiz Elahi.

The prime minister said that all political parties had given him a vote of confidence and there was no harm in interaction with them. The PPP was holding talks with all political forces to strengthen the democratic system, he added.

About lawyers’ long march, he said he had no objection to it provided the protesters remained peaceful.

Commenting on the release of Dr A.Q. Khan, Mr Gilani said the nuclear scientist had himself said he had not been freed under pressure from any quarter.

Mr Gilani did not answer a question why the UN investigation team had not been asked to fix responsibility for Benazir Bhutto’s assassination and restricting its mandate to ascertaining the reasons behind the incident.

About the recent killing of a PPP leader in Lahore, he said it was not a political murder. “Had it been so, the PPP would have quit the Punjab coalition.”

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