New Delhi, January 21

In the wake of the recent attack on an IAF base at Pathankot, a committee is being set up by the government to review security at defence bases in the country based on the “risk factor”.Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar while giving this information today said the government has also asked the officers commanding the bases to do a thorough security assessment and fix any loopholes. Parrikar, who was speaking to reporters during his visit to the NCC Republic Day Camp here, declined to give details about the likely composition of the committee but said a notification in this regard should be out in two to four days.“A specific team is being made. Maybe in another week’s time it will be active. It will visit (the bases) and look into priorities like the risk factor  and assets,” he said. — PTI

Keeping watch on Pak probe: India

Tribune News Service,New Delhi, January 21

India today said it was following the progress being made into investigations by Pakistan in the Pathankot terror attack, emphasising the country expects Islamabad will take action to bring perpetrators of the January 2 attack to justice.“We are looking for the credible and comprehensive action to bring all the perpetrators of the Pathankot terror attack to justice,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup said at his weekly media meet while rejecting as “baseless” allegations of India being behind the attack at a University in Charsadda in Pakistan on Wednesday.Asked about the proposal by Pakistan to send a special investigation team to probe the Pathankot attack, Swarup said India had welcomed the move but New Delhi had not heard after the official statement from Islamabad.“In principle, we have welcomed the decision of Pakistan government to consider sending a SIT team… Rest is a matter of details. What they can see? Where they can go? What will be terms of reference? Those need to be worked out by agencies on both sides provided the Pakistan government firms up its decision to send the team,” he said.Swarup also said National Security Advisors and Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan were in touch with each other and that a formal meeting between Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar and his Pakistan counterpart will take place at a date mutually convenient to both sides.