ISLAMABAD, Feb 5: Pakistan on Thursday rejected Indian allegations that the country’s premier intelligence agency — the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) — was linked to the Mumbai attacks and said such statements were not helpful for a probe into the killings.

Reacting to a statement by Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon, Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said India should not jump the gun by making statements at a time when Pakistan was sincerely carrying out investigations into the Mumbai attacks.

“Some patience should be shown.”

The spokesman said that instead of levelling baseless allegations against Pakistani institutions, India should help in investigating the attacks.