India Army Says Pakistan Deployed Troops On Border

Pakistan`s military has denied any build-up of forces on the Indian border.

Pakistan has deployed additional troops along the border with India since the Mumbai attacks, but India has not responded in a similar manner, the Indian army chief said on Wednesday.

"The aspect of some (Pakistani) troops coming towards the east ... we are aware. That has happened," General Deepak Kapoor told reporters. "They have come to the eastern border of Pakistan with India."

Pakistan's military has denied any build-up of forces on the Indian border and said it moved a "limited number" of soldiers off the Afghan border "for defensive measures" as tensions rose with India after the Mumbai attacks.

A near-daily exchange of tough words since the attacks has added to the tension as India, increasingly frustated with what it sees as Pakistan's failure to take action, has tried to pile up international diplomatic pressure on Pakistan.

A senior Indian official also confirmed on Wednesday "some" troops movement on the Pakistan side, but added New Delhi had been careful not to respond in a similar fashion.

Kapoor said though India was not provoked and would not indulge in whipping up war hysteria, its armed forces were in a state of full preparedness.

"Let me assure you the Indian army has factored this part in its planning, if at any time, any operations have to be undertaken," he said.

"That is not something which is a cause of concern for us. "(That) we in India are keeping all our options open must be clearly understood. It is not to raise any kind of hysteria for any kind of war, fight or anything."

India has blamed Pakistan militants backed by some official Pakistani agencies for the November attacks, but Islamabad denies any role, instead saying "non-state actors" were responsible. The attacks killed 179 people.

New Delhi has provided Pakistan data from satellite phones used by the attackers and what it describes as the confession of a surviving gunman, part of a dossier of evidence.

Pakistan has said the dossier India provided did not amount to evidence and the "information" needed to be carefully examined.

But some of India's western allies, including Britain, have hinted there may not be enough evidence to implicate the Pakistani state. Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Wednesday Pakistan's judiciary should be given a chance to try those behind the attacks.

"I think that given that we all have worked so hard for an independent, sovereign judicial system in Pakistan, we should let it take its course," Miliband told NDTV channel.

"And since there is no extradition treaty between India and Pakistan at the moment, then lets ensure that the Pakistani judicial system takes its course."