With mounting diplomatic pressures prodding Islamabad into action against terror perpetrators holed up inside its territories, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that Pakistan is ready to amend its anti-terror laws to facilitate the prosecution of accused in terror related acts which take place outside the country.
Gilani made the statement in an interview to `Financial Times' in response to a question about Pakistan's response to the 26/11 Mumbai terror strikes.
"We are committed to the world that we'll punish them (terrorists) according to our laws, and if need be, if somebody is out of the country and he has proved to be guilty, then certainly we have to look into our own laws as well,'' said Gilani.
In another significant statement, Gilani said that Islamabad needed to act fast to ease tensions with India.
"We are committed with India that whatever the information given to us, we have transferred that information to the ministry of interior and they are investigating and soon, whatever is the findings, we will get back to India and we will share it with the rest of the world. We are serious about it,'' said Gilani.
Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi and Zarar Shah, are in police custody in Pakistan. India has repeatedly sought custody citing their involvement in the Mumbai terror incident, but Pakistan has rebuffed Indian overtures attributing its stand to the lack of a suspect-sharing treaty with New Delhi.
"There are some discrepancies in the law. Our anti-terror laws need some alteration. If the offence is committed outside the country, we cannot prosecute unless we make amendments,'' Gilani was quoted as saying by the Pakistani mediaon Saturday.
Gilani’s statements some amid a huge diplomatic offensive launched by India after the Mumbai terror attack and coincided with US President Barack Obama’s remarks on Pak-Afghan territories being the front of his war against terror.
President Obama in his agenda document has said his administration will link Washington aid to Pakistan with Islamabad’s performance on the terror front.
On Friday, the President said: "Afghanistan and Pakistan are the central front in the America's war against terrorism and the deteriorating situation in the region poses a grave threat to the global security. It's an international challenge of the highest order. That's why we are pursuing a careful review of our policy."
Obama, through his campaign has spoken of plans to bring the war on terror to the restive mountain regions bordering Afghanistan and Pakistan.
In short clear signs of ‘tough times ahead’ for the region, a situation that could only be deemed a culmination of decades of short-sighted policies un-promulgated, but followed by successive Pakistani governments.
Gilani made the statement in an interview to `Financial Times' in response to a question about Pakistan's response to the 26/11 Mumbai terror strikes.
"We are committed to the world that we'll punish them (terrorists) according to our laws, and if need be, if somebody is out of the country and he has proved to be guilty, then certainly we have to look into our own laws as well,'' said Gilani.
In another significant statement, Gilani said that Islamabad needed to act fast to ease tensions with India.
"We are committed with India that whatever the information given to us, we have transferred that information to the ministry of interior and they are investigating and soon, whatever is the findings, we will get back to India and we will share it with the rest of the world. We are serious about it,'' said Gilani.
Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi and Zarar Shah, are in police custody in Pakistan. India has repeatedly sought custody citing their involvement in the Mumbai terror incident, but Pakistan has rebuffed Indian overtures attributing its stand to the lack of a suspect-sharing treaty with New Delhi.
"There are some discrepancies in the law. Our anti-terror laws need some alteration. If the offence is committed outside the country, we cannot prosecute unless we make amendments,'' Gilani was quoted as saying by the Pakistani mediaon Saturday.
Gilani’s statements some amid a huge diplomatic offensive launched by India after the Mumbai terror attack and coincided with US President Barack Obama’s remarks on Pak-Afghan territories being the front of his war against terror.
President Obama in his agenda document has said his administration will link Washington aid to Pakistan with Islamabad’s performance on the terror front.
On Friday, the President said: "Afghanistan and Pakistan are the central front in the America's war against terrorism and the deteriorating situation in the region poses a grave threat to the global security. It's an international challenge of the highest order. That's why we are pursuing a careful review of our policy."
Obama, through his campaign has spoken of plans to bring the war on terror to the restive mountain regions bordering Afghanistan and Pakistan.
In short clear signs of ‘tough times ahead’ for the region, a situation that could only be deemed a culmination of decades of short-sighted policies un-promulgated, but followed by successive Pakistani governments.
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