US President Bill Clinton said Tuesday that no evidence shows that the Pakistani government supported the hijacking of an Indian Airlines plane last month.

Clinton made the statement at the White House at an event when responding to a published report that implicated the Pakistani government.

The New York Times reported Tuesday that the United States now believes that a terrorist group supported by the Pakistani military was responsible for the hijacking of an Indian airlines jet last month.

"I guess the simplest thing I can tell you is that we do not have evidence that the Pakistani government was in any way involved in that hijacking," Clinton told reporters.

The US Stated Department, however, said the hijackers may have been linked to a terrorist group that operates in Kashmir -- a territory disputed by Pakistan and India.

The group, known as Harkat ul-Mujahedeen, was placed on the department's list of terrorist organizations in 1997 when it was called Harkat ul-Ansar.

At the State Department, spokesman James Rubin also rejected the speculation that the Pakistani government involved in the hijacking of the plane.

"We have no reason to believe that the government of Pakistan had foreknowledge, supported or helped carry out" the hijacking, Rubin said.

Reports also said that the US is considering to put Pakistan into the list of countries that support terrorism.

Meanwhile, Clinton and his senior advisers are weighing a decision whether he should visit Pakistan in March on a planned trip to India and Bangladesh. (Xinhua)