Pak should fulfill its commitments on terror: PM

New Delhi (PTI): Defending the India-Pak joint statement on Wednesday, in Parliament, the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said, "It is impossible for any government in India to work for full normalisation of relations with Pakistan unless that country fulfills commitment to not to allow its territory to be used for terror against India".

Dr. Singh added that the people of India expect Pakistan to fulfill the commitment given in the joint statement of Vajpayee-Musharraf that Pak will not allow its territory to be used for terror against India. That is a common national consensus in India.
He also added that the Pak dossier makes it clear that LeT inspired, financed and executed the Mumbai attack and also this is the first time Pak formally briefed us on a terror attack in India.

Dr. Singh while speaking on the India-Pak joint statement added that Pakistan has said five persons, including Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakvi and Zarar Shah, have been arrested and 13 others declared as proclaimed offenders. He said that what India have got from Pakistan is much more than what it had got during NDA regime.

He said that Pakistan must shut down the terroist groups and organisations that still operate from there.

IANS report adds:

Pak admitted its nationals involved in terrorist attacks

Pakistan has admitted for the first time that its nationals carried out a terrorist attack in India, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Wednesday.

"It is the first that they have admitted that their nationals in a terrorist organisation based in Pakistan carried out a ghastly attack in India," Dr. Manmohan Singh said in his reply to the debate in Lok Sabha on the India-Pakistan joint statement issued in Egypt.

He said that the admission was made in a dossier given by Pakistan just before he left for his visit to France and Egypt. "This is the first time that Pakistan has ever formally briefed us on the results of the investigations of any attacks," said the prime minister.

He said that the dossier detailed the planning and sequence of investigation by Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency, which also included the copy of first information report lodged, with photos of the arrested person.

"The Pakistan dossier states that the investigation has established beyond doubt that Lashkar-e-Taiba has planned that attack," Dr. Manmohan Singh said.