Amidst increasing global pressure mounted on Pakistan in the aftermath of terror attacks on Mumbai to crackdown terrorists and their camps established in Pakistan, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown demanded Pakistan “action, not words” to root out terrorism.
Giving a crystal clear message to Pakistan leadership what can be called a severe blow to Pakistan who has been denying involvement of ISI or any terror group in any terrorist act across the world, Brown said that 3/4th of the gravest terror plots under investigation in the UK had links to Al-Qa'ida in Pakistan; and Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistani militant group with links to the state’s military-run spy agency, coordinated the Mumbai attack.
He asked Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari during a joint press conference after bilateral talks that Britain aimed to break the chain of terror that links Islamist militants in Afghanistan and Pakistan to the streets of UK and other countries around the world.
Echoing India’s position that Lashkar-e-Taiba was behind the Mumbai terror attacks, the British Prime Minister, who was on an unscheduled visit to New Delhi and Islamabad on Sunday, said Pakistan that time has come for action, and not words.
He, however, said Zardari that Britain would provide all possible assistance to Pakistan so that it could effectively deal with the threat of rising radicalisation and terrorism, which is a global problem, needed to be dealt with concerted efforts.
Brown proposed Zardari a new UK-Pakistan pact against terror and announced to grant six million pounds (£6m) to Pakistan in its fight against terror. The money will be for security equipments and improvement of police and forensic capabilities for Pakistan. Our aim must be to work together to do everything to cut off terrorism, he said.
He said UK and Pakistan would work together under a new agreement to ensure everything was done to make sure that terrorists were denied any safe haven in Pakistan.
He also told reporters at a joint press conference with Zardari in Islamabad that he had requested New Delhi and Islamabad that the British police be allowed to question the lone surviving gunman, Azmal Kasab, as well as the other suspects in Pakistani custody.
Before heading to Islamabad on Sunday, Brown assured Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that the UK would help India fight terror in every possible way. He said all we know that the group, LeT is responsible for the attacks.
New Delhi has been repeatedly saying that detentions and house arrests are not enough. Pakistan needs to act sternly and the accused, demanding in India, put under house arrest last week need to be imprisoned and questioned. Pakistan to take strong action against the terror outfit and crackdown terrorist camps established in PoK, always indulged in carrying out terrorist activities on the Indian land.
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