India says Pakistan shown as terror ‘sanctuary’

NEW DELHI: The killing of Al-Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden near Islamabad is further evidence that terrorists find “sanctuary” in Pakistan, Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram said Monday.

We take note with grave concern that part of the statement in which (US) President Obama said that the firefight in which Osama bin Laden was killed took place in Abbottabad ‘deep inside Pakistan’,” Chidambaram said in a statement.

“This fact underlines our concern that terrorists belonging to different organisations find sanctuary in Pakistan,” he said. AGENCIES

Omar sees foreign funding behind H-Kashmir unrest

NEW DELHI: Held Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah met with Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram here today.

“Yes, money is coming through various channels in the state. We are going to put in place some more concrete steps to stop the flow of funds,” Mr. Omar told reporters.

The Chief Minister said he had a detailed discussion with the Home Minister about the prevailing situation in the state and the steps being taken to improve it.

“I have discussed with the Home Minister how to give better equipment to paramilitary forces and J and K Police so that they can control the crowd in better ways so that no incident takes place and no one dies,” he said.

India once again blames ISI for Mumbai attacks

NEW DELHI: The Indian government has said it has fresh evidence based on the interrogation of 26/11 accused David Headley to show that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Lashkar-e-Toiba’s Hafiz Saeed played a “much more significant” role in planning and executing the terrorist attack on Mumbai than was earlier known.

In the first official statement on the interrogation of Headley, Indian Home Secretary G K Pillai said it was now clear that both the ISI and Saeed were involved in the Mumbai attacks from the beginning till the end. Headley made several visits to India and is accused of scouting targets for the attacks.

Saarc countries vow anti terror efforts

ISLAMABAD: SAARC Interior Ministers moot has approved the resolutions for joint efforts against terrorism and smuggling whereas India has stressed more effective cooperation between the member countries against challenge of terrorism.

Interior Minister Rehman Malik has presided the meeting of Saarc Interior Ministers conference here on Saturday.

Addressing the inaugural session, Malik has presented Pakistan’s policy for regional cooperation and highlighted the objectives of the conference.

Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram while addressing the conference said terrorism is affecting regional cooperation and economic growth of the region and stressed adaptation of all anti-terror conventions of Saarc and international convention.

He said Saarc countries should exchange useful information to curb terrorism. Saarc Interior Ministers also passed resolutions against terrorism, human trafficking and money laundering.

Indo-Pak talks to benefit both alike: US

WASHINGTON: Endorsing parleys between Indian and Pakistan, the US said on Friday that it is in the interest of the two South Asian neighbours to resolve their differences mutually through dialogue.

“We appreciate and certainly endorse increasing dialogue between Pakistan and India,” the State Department spokesman P J Crowley, told reporters at his daily news conference.

“It is in, you know, their self-interest and our larger interest to see dialogue that can help to resolve, you know, tensions that exist between the two countries,” Crowley said when asked about the talks between the Indian and Pakistani Foreign Secretary”s and Home Ministers in Islamabad.

Home Minister P Chidambaram met his Pakistani counterpart Rehman Malik on Friday night. Chidambaram is the first Indian Home Minister to visit Pakistan in three decades.

Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir and his Indian counterpart Nirupama Rao had on Thursday exchanged proposals for addressing the issues constraining bilateral ties.

Chidambaram meets Malik

ISLAMABAD: Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram met his Pakistani counterpart Rehman Malik and discussed matters of mutual interests, Geo News reported Friday.

Chidambaram, who is visiting Pakistan for Saarc Interior Minister”s Conference on Saturday, discussed issues related to militancy and ongoing Mumbai attacks investigations, soon after his arrival in Islamabad.

Interior Minister Malik told Chidambaram that the judiciary is independent here in Pakistan and India should keep confidence in it.

Earlier, Interior Minister A. Rehman Malik received the dignitary at Chaklala Airbase.

Chidambaram asks Pak to prosecute Mumbai attacks perpetrators

NEW DELHI: Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram has asked Pakistan to prosecute Mumbai attacks perpetrators.

Chidambaram will arrive in Islamabad today to attend SAARC interior ministers conference. He would likely meet Interior Minister Rehman Malik.

According to Indian media reports, Chidambaram before departure to Pakistan said that Pakistan should take action against those involved in Mumbai attacks.

Manmohan rejects Chidambaram”s resignation

NEW DELHI: The Indian Home Minister, P Chidambaram, says he accepts “full responsibility” for India”s worst-ever Naxal attack on Monday, in which 76 Indian soldiers were killed in Chhattisgarh. Sources say that earlier this week, Chidambaram also wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and offered to resign over the massacre.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has rejected the resignation, according to reports.

“I have been asked directly but not indirectly where does the buck stop for what happened in Dantewada. There is no hesitation in saying that the buck stops at my desk. I accept full responsibility for what happened in Dantewada,” he said on Friday at a function to honour Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans.

He added, “Immediately after my return from Chhattisgarh I called the PM and gave it in writing that I take full responsibility of what happened.

Government sources say that there”s no question of the Home Minister”s offer to resign being accepted.

United States To Send Pakistan Laser-Guided Bomb Kits And F-16s

The United States will deliver 1,000 laser-guided bomb kits to Pakistan this month and is considering additional arms sales to help the Pakistani air force crack down on insurgents in the Afghan border region.

Air Force Secretary Michael Donley told reporters that the arms sales came in response to a request made by the air chief of the Pakistani air force in December. There continues to be a dialogue back and forth, Donley said, noting that the US government had already agreed to sell Pakistan munitions and night vision goggles, and was also stepping up training. Pakistan is also expected to receive new F-16 fighters made by Lockheed Martin Corp this spring or summer, Donley said, noting that the fighter jets would give Pakistan’s air force greatly expanded capabilities in its fight against “radical elements” in the border region. Air Force spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Jeffry Glenn said the United States delivered 1,000 MK-82 500-pound bombs to Pakistan last month, and was considering additional requests for those bombs and more laser-guided tail kits. The expected delivery later this year of 18 F-16s to Pakistan will bring its inventory of the planes to 54. Pakistan has been operating F-16s since 1982. Donley said Pakistan was also upgrading the capabilities of its older F-16 fighter jets.

Pakistan’s High Commissioner To India Calls On Rehman

Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India called on Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik at his residence in Islamabad today.
During the meeting, the two men discussed Pak-India ties and the situation ensued the Mumbai attacks. The High Commissioner briefed Rehman of the secretary-level talks between the two countries recently held in New Delhi.
Rehman hailed the announcement made by Indian Home Minister Chidambaram regarding improvement of ties with Pakistan.
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