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Pakistan on Tuesday categorically rejected the Indian allegation that "official agencies" Pakistanis are involved in the attacks in Bombay in late November and said that these allegations only serve to increase regional tensions.

Shortly before, the prime minister of India, Manmohan Singh, had stated that "some official agencies" in Pakistan had supported the armed men who attacked the heart of his country in November and accused Pakistan of using terrorism as an instrument of state policy. "


The Pakistani Foreign Ministry issued a strong statement in response, accusing India of launching a "propaganda offensive". "The government of Pakistan categorically rejects the unfortunate allegations against Pakistan today by the prime minister of India in New Delhi," said the statement. "Instead of responding positively to the Pakistani offer of cooperation and constructive proposals, India has decided to launch a propaganda offensive," he added.

"There is sufficient evidence to show that, given the sophistication and precision of military attacks in Bombay, had to be supported by some official agencies in Pakistan," Singh said at a press conference in New Delhi.


The head of the Indian government also accused Pakistan of using "terrorism as an instrument of state policy," reiterating that the country had "encouraged and welcomed in the past, insurgents hostile to India.

These statements by the Indian prime minister, much tougher than usual, take place after New Delhi on Monday to convey Islamabad with a dossier evidence "overwhelming" of the involvement of Pakistani elements "in the attacks in Bombay and denounce" probable "complicity of senior officials in Pakistan.


India, U.S. and Britain against attacks that left 172 dead, including nine of the assailants-a Lashkar-e-Taiba, clandestine armed Islamist group in Pakistan. This movement, which denied any involvement in the attacks, allegedly trained to command 10 attackers, all of them Pakistanis according to New Delhi, with support from "elements" of the Pakistani regime, which is linked to intelligence services in Islamabad, say responsible Indians who sought anonymity.

Since the Islamist attacks perpetrated from 26 to 29 November against the Indian financial capital, India and Pakistan face diplomatically but has not officially taken concrete steps that could lead to war.