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Tuesday, December 16, 2008
ISLAMABAD: Striking a tough posture, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said that Pakistan condemns terrorism in all its forms, but if a war is “imposed on Pakistan” the country would be defended “at all costs”.
Addressing the National Assembly here Monday, Gilani said, “I pay tribute to the political leadership who expressed deep insight over the recent prevalent issue, and got united.”
He said Pakistan “condemns terrorism and extremism in all its forms and manifestations, however, if India tries to carry out its designs against Pakistan, it would be defended at all costs.”
The Prime Minister named Pakistan as a haven for terrorists planning attacks in Britain, revealing that around three quarters of the most advanced plots monitored by MI5 are have Pakistani links.
"The time has come for action not words," Mr Brown told Mr Zardari.
India has denied reports that it is preparing for a military strike against Pakistan in the aftermath of the Mumbai terror attacks. "We are not planning any military action, but at the same time unless Pakistan takes action against those terrorists who are operating from their soil against India and also against all those who are behind this Mumbai terrorist attack, things will not be normal," Federal Defense Minister AK Antony said.
Originally posted by mrmonsoon
If India makes a full scale attack/invasion, the only thing Pakistan could do is nuke em.
Problem is India has more, better, nuclear weapons.
Over a week of attacks by Peshawar-area militants on NATO vehicles and supply containers was already having a noticeable impact on the ability to ship supplies across the Khyber Pass, through which three-quarters of supplies for the international military operation reach Afghanistan. And while NATO insists that “for the moment the supplies are passing,” one of Pakistan’s oldest political parties may soon put a stop to that.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China on Monday signed an agreement for military co-operation with a view to taking their bilateral military ties to new heights.
The accord was signed in Beijing by Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Chairman General Tariq Majid and Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Chief of General Staff Chen Bingde at the conclusion of the sixth round of the Pakistan-China defence and security talks.
The two sides also exchanged views on the international security situation and issues concerning bilateral and military relations.
17 Dec 2008, 0024 hrs IST, TNN
SRINAGAR: India on Tuesday kept up the pressure on Pakistan with foreign minister Pranab Mukherjee stating that the composite dialogue process had been paused in the aftermath of the Mumbai attacks even as Pakistani President Asif Zardari again ruled out handing over any terror suspects.
The US rejects Pakistan's claims that Jamaat-ud-Dawa, a group allegedly involved in the Mumbai terror attacks, is a charitable organization.
US Secretary of Sate Condoleezza Rice told reporters Wednesday at the UN Headquarters in New York that Pakistan will have to adhere to the UN Security Council's ban on the group - an affiliate to Lashkar-e-Taiba blamed by India for attacks on the country's financial and cultural hub.
NEW DELHI: India on Friday hinted that Islamabad had ‘failed’ to deliver on promises of not supporting terrorism, and said it was “obliged to consider the entire range of options that exist” – with a plan to approach the United Nations Security Council once again under consideration in the aftermath of the Mumbai terror attacks.
“If a country cannot keep the assurances that it has given ... it obliges us to consider the entire range of options that exist to protect our interests and people from this menace (terrorism),” said External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee without naming Islamabad.
In his message to an international conference – Mukherjee said although Pakistan had been giving assurances, Indian appeals had been ignored. Mukherjee said the Mumbai attacks “reflect the extent to which the terrorists have spread their network in the neighbouring country”.
He also hinted that Pakistani agencies may have ‘assisted the Mumbai terrorists’. Mukherjee noted that ‘multiple centres of power’ had emerged in Pakistan.
Indian military has prepared operations against targets in Pakistan and awaits the signal to go forward, a US intelligence report says.
"These most likely would take the form of unilateral precision strikes inside Pakistan-administered Kashmir, along with special forces action on the ground in Pakistan proper," Global Intelligence Service, Stratfor said in its latest report.
New Delhi, Dec. 20: The Centre is now viewing the Mumbai attacks as the direct handiwork of Pakistan’s military that trained and armed the militants and planned the strike in detail, top government sources are saying.
This is a shift from India’s initial response when foreign minister Pranab Mukherjee led the government in drawing a distinction at two levels — first, between the government in Islamabad and rabid “elements in Pakistan” and, second, between the civilian administration led by Asif Zardari and the military led by Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani.
Armed with sufficient material on the terror attacks in Mumbai to nail Pakistan, India will mount a diplomatic offensive from Monday by convening a two-day closed door meeting in New Delhi [Images] with the heads of all foreign countries' missions in the national capital as part of strategy to get Pakistan declared as a 'terrorist State'.
Originally posted by Jinni
Pakistan is headed to disaster without a doubt and the PEOPLE of the country need to take control.
[edit on 16-12-2008 by Jinni]
Militant groups in Pakistan are "the greatest danger to peace and security in the entire world", India's foreign minister has said.
Pranab Mukherjee accused Islamabad of "denial" and "shifting the blame" for last month's deadly Mumbai attacks.
He said the international community had not done enough to exert pressure on Pakistan, which denies any involvement.
Islamabad, Dec 22: Reacting to the two-day high level meet held in India on Monday to discuss on the steps taken by Pakistan against the Mumbai terror attack, distressed Pak Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said, “Pakistan defence forces and armed forces are ready to face any challenge as Pak has the full right to defend itself”.
Originally posted by JanusFIN
Pakistan militants 'world threat'
Militant groups in Pakistan are "the greatest danger to peace and security in the entire world", India's foreign minister has said.
Pranab Mukherjee accused Islamabad of "denial" and "shifting the blame" for last month's deadly Mumbai attacks.
He said the international community had not done enough to exert pressure on Pakistan, which denies any involvement.
news.bbc.co.uk...
December 22, 2008 17:55 IST Pakistan scrambled fighter jets over several major cities on Monday, including the federal capital, as it said it had stepped up "vigilance" in view of the "current environment".
The aircraft roared over Islamabad, the nearby garrison city of Rawalpindi and other cities this afternoon as Air Force spokesman Air Commodore Humayun Viqar Zephyr said in a statement: "in view of the current environment, PAF has enhanced its vigilance."