Islamabad, Dec 01: Pakistan on Monday said it is yet to "see evidence" backing India's allegations of a Pakistani link to the terror strikes in Mumbai but promised to "act responsibly" on the issue.

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani also expressed the hope that there will be no escalation in tensions between India and Pakistan in the aftermath of the attacks.

"I think it will be the other way round. It will not escalate because some responsible people have owned responsibility for the intelligence failure," he said in an apparent reference to the resignation of Home Minister Shivraj Patil.

Gilani demanded that India should provide evidence before levelling any allegations about Pakistan's involvement in the Mumbai attacks. "We have yet to see evidence," he told CNN.

Pakistan will "act responsibly" in the wake of the attacks, Gilani said.

His comments came as US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said America expects Pakistan to extend total cooperation to India in the investigations into the attack.

Islamabad had also begun consultations with other countries to defuse the situation, the Prime Minister said.

"We have talked to all our friends that they use their good offices to defuse the situation," he said.

He said the Mumbai attacks were "something unusual" and the people in India were in a state of anger.

"They were in a state of mind which one can expect at that time. They said in anger something, but now the dust has settled down," he added.

Bureau Report