The matter figured in a phone conversation betweenPakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik and his Indian counterpartSushilkumar Shinde.
Malik said he has asked India to provide evidence thatelements in Pakistan had used social media networking sites to whip up communalsentiments.
"The Indian minister has said that rumours weregenerated from Pakistan through cellular services," Malik told reportersreferring to his phone conversation with Shinde yesterday.
"I had requested him (Shinde) to provide evidence inthis regard to us and we will take care of it," he said.
Malik said he and Shinde discussed the regional situation,including rumours which forced thousands of people from Assam to fleeKarnataka, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu.
Malik had telephoned Shinde to convey greetings forEid-ul-Fitr and briefly spoke about pending issues between the home andinterior ministries of the two countries. This was the first direct contactbetween them.
Separately, a Foreign Office spokesman dismissed India's assertionas "baseless and unfounded."
"We totally reject these allegations and insinuations.
They are totally baseless and unfounded. Suchunsubstantiated statements are not very helpful in creating a conduciveenvironment necessary for improving the relationship between our twocountries," he was quoted as saying by The News.
The report said the Indian charge had "irked"Pakistani officials, who claimed New Delhi was again using the media to conductdiplomacy instead of acting in a more responsible manner and sharing information.
The Pakistan Foreign office spokesman said the tools of moderntechnology were not in the hand of a single person or a national capital, andclaimed that the insinuations coming from New Delhi were simply due to peoplejumping to conclusions, which was not very helpful.
During his conversation with Malik, Shinde had expressedconcern over social media networking sites being misused by elements based inPakistan to circulate false pictures and stories to whip up communal sentimentsin India.
Shinde sought Pakistan's cooperation in neutralising suchelements.
On Saturday, Home Secretary R K Singh had said the bulk ofthe rumours that triggered panic among people of northeastern states inKarnataka, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra had originated in Pakistan.
After his telephonic conversation with Shinde, Malik saidIndia and Pakistan have expressed their resolve to work for the eradication ofterrorism from the region and for the progress of the people of the twocountries.
"We will have to work jointly for the safety of theregion," he said.
Malik said he has invited Shinde to visit Pakistan to takeforward work on a revised visa agreement between the two countries.
