India to ‘review ties with Pakistan’ after Pathankot operations

India is exploring options to continue the bilateral dialogue with Pakistan in the aftermath of the ongoing terror attacks in Pathankot, with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley saying that the government will take a view after the Pathankot operations are over.

“Let the operation get over then the government will take a view,” Mr Jaitley said even as Indian security forces were trying to flush out the remaining terrorists from the IAF base in Pathankot, Punjab.

Appreciating the efforts of the security personnel who put their lives at stake defending the Pathankot air base, Mr Jaitley said that the main aim of the well-trained terrorists was to harm strategic assets. “A lot has been learnt from the Mumbai attacks, this led our security forces to stop the terrorists at the entrance and keep them at distance from our strategic assets,” he said.

The Pathankot attack, suspected to be the handiwork of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohamed militant group, has put a question mark over the Foreign Secretary-level talks between S. Jaishankar and his Pakistan counterpart Aizaz Chaudhry, scheduled for January 15, in Islamabad.

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