Updated on Thursday, January 01, 2009, 00:00 IST

New Delhi, Jan 01: The US has shared with Pakistan "strong evidence" about involvement of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in the Mumbai attacks, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Thursday and asked Islamabad to hand over the perpetrators for which an Extradition Treaty is not required.

"We have been told that there is some strong evidence available with FBI and they have shared it with Pakistan. We expect that Pakistan will act on them and hand over the perpetrators of terror attack in Mumbai to us," Mukherjee told media.

The Minister said it was expected of Pakistan to take action against the perpetrators of terror attacks in the wake of evidence provided to them and various international conventions pacts to which Islamabad is party to.

Asked whether an Extradition Treaty was needed for Islamabad to hand over the attackers, he said, "it is not required to take action on these matters" as Pakistan is party to various international conventions and arrangements starting from SAARC to various international conventions against taking hostages, conventions against bombings.

Mukherjee said "tangible" results about Pakistani cooperation on the Mumbai terror attack is "yet to be achieved".

His comments assume significance as these came a day after media reports in the US said that top LeT commander Zarar Shah has confessed the group's involvement and the US provided Islamabad with the tape of a conversation his associate Zakiur Rahman Lakhvi, the alleged mastermind, had with the gunmen.

Bureau Report