The Indian government asked Pakistan on January 7 to either prosecute or deport to India the five hijackers of the Indian Airlines aircraft.

A spokesman of the External Affairs Ministry said that the onushas always been on Pakistan as the hijackers were widely-believed to be in that country.

He said that Islamabad must react as it is a signatory to a number of international conventions on hostage taking.

Asked if any country had questioned the evidence relating to the hijacking made public by India, he said, "We have no feedback from anywhere which questions the veracity of what we stated."