Pakistan assures full probe into attack

Agrees to share information with Sri Lanka:

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari assured Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama who was in Pakistan on the instructions of President Mahinda Rajapaksa following the Lahore terror attack on the Sri Lanka Cricket Team that they were looking at a positive outcome of the investigations into the attack to identify the perpetrators and that all relevant information regarding the investigation process will be shared with the Government of Sri Lanka.

Minister Rohitha Bogollagama who called on Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari at the Presidents House yesterday conveyed the deepest sympathy on behalf of the President, the Government and people of Sri Lanka, to the families of those who fell victim to the terrorist attack in Lahore on March 03 targeting the Sri Lankan Cricket Team. The Foreign Minister added that the victims sacrificed their lives for the protection of the lives of the members of the Sri Lankan Cricket Team.

Condemning the terrorist attack in the strongest possible terms, Minister Bogollagama expressed the hope that the Government of Pakistan will take all possible steps to bring the perpetrators to justice. The Foreign Minister also extended his profound appreciation to the Government of Pakistan for facilitating the safe and early return of the Cricket Team to Sri Lanka.

While appreciating the gesture of President Mahinda Rajapaksa in sending the Cricket Team to Pakistan, President Asif Ali Zardari affirmed the full support of the Government of Pakistan to deal with the common enemy, terrorism in the strongest possible manner.