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In a written reply to a question, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said the matter was being pursued with the Pakistan government, including through the joint anti-terrorism mechanism and the Home Secretary-level talks on terrorism under the composite dialogue.
Five terrorists hijacked the plane during flight from Kathmandu to New Delhi on December 24,1999.
The aircraft, with 157 people on board, was commandeered to Kandahar in Afghanistan and the hostage crisis ended after seven days when India released three hardcore terrorists, all of whom went to Pakistan.
The freed militants included Masood Azhar, who later founded the Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist outfit.
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