Dismantling terror setup in Pakistan’s interest, says India

September 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI/LAHORE - With Washington and New Delhi ratcheting up pressure on it over the Mumbai attack probe, the Pakistan police have filed two complaints against suspected terror mastermind Hafiz Saeed ahead of the month-end meeting between the foreign ministers of India and Pakistan in New York. Police in Faisalabad Thursday lodged two first information reports (FIRs) against Saeed for making a speech to his supporters last month in which he called for jihad or holy war and appealed for funds for the Jamaat-ud-Dawa, an Islamic charity India and the US suspect is a front for terror operations and is now banned by the UN.

September 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India will take up the issue of Pakistan's diversion of US aid for building anti-India infrastructure when External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna meets US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Sep 25 in New York.

September 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Ahead of his meeting with Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna said that Pakistan has a vested interest in blocking the inquiry into the 26/11 Mumbai attacks and is safeguarding terror mastermind Hafiz Saeed.

July 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Making a clear distinction between the present Pakistani government and the previous establishment, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said India does not accuse the current regime of its "active involvement" in inciting terror. Official element were "patronizing terror" but the present democratic establishment-led by Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani-were not of the same mindset, Manmohan Singh told journalists in Sharm-el-Sheikh after his meeting with Gilani Thursday.

June 25th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan wants the world at large and the US in particular to play a role in resolving its disputes with India, including that of Kashmir, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Thursday. The resolution of Pakistans core issues would help it focus on the war against extremism and terrorism on its western border to ensure peace and stability in South Asia, APP news agency quoted Gilani as saying when visiting US National Security Advisor James Jones called on him here.

June 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Two days after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh talked tough with Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hoped that India and the US will both support Pakistan's efforts as it works to take on terrorists in its own country. The US, she told the US-India Business Council's (USIBC) Synergies Summit here Wednesday, also welcomed a dialogue between India and Pakistan, but it was for the two countries to decide the pace, scope and character of the dialogue.

June 17th, 2009 ON BOARD AIR INDIA ONE - India would review Pakistan's actions against anti-India terror outfits before deciding on resuming the composite dialogue mid-July, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Wednesday, a day after he met Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari in Russia. The prime minister said he would wait for the outcome of the talks between the foreign secretaries of the two countries, who are expected to meet within a month, before taking a decision on resuming the composite dialogue that stalled after the Mumbai terror attacks nearly seven months ago.

March 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India condemned the deadly terror attack on a police training centre in Lahore on Monday. Offering deepest sympathies to the people of Pakistan, Home Minister P.

March 22nd, 2009 PANAJI - Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Shahid Malik Saturday said that his government is examining India's response to the 26/11 terror attack questions. 'Pakistan's interior ministry is in the process of examining India's response to the questionnaire,' Malik said at a function organised by the Goa non-resident Indians commissionerate here.

March 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Indian intelligence agencies have intercepted 'electronic chatter' that indicates increased threat to India from Pakistan-based terrorist groups in the run-up to and during the April-May elections, said government sources. 'There is an increased threat from Pakistan-based terror groups in the run up and during the elections,' said highly-placed government sources.

March 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A day after India hand over replies to Pakistan's 30 questions on the Mumbai terror attacks, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said India now expect Islamabad to follow up its commitment with tangible action. "Words and commitments should be followed by tangible action," said Pranab during a press meet.

February 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee Friday questioned Pakistan's seriousness in the war against terror, and noted its denials that Maulana Masood Azhar and Dawood Ibrahim, the two men India sought for trial in terrorist activities, were not in the country were 'not new'. 'First, Pakistan said he (Azhar) was under house arrest.

February 15th, 2009 MULTAN - Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that India should take this country's questions seriously, otherwise it would be difficult to make further progress in investigations regarding the Mumbai terror attack, Online reported. Talking to mediapersons at Multan airport Sunday, Qureshi said India was changing its statements from time to time which was creating hurdles in the investigations.

February 14th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Six suspects, including Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, commander of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror group, allegedly involved in the Mumbai terror attacks were sent to 14-day remand by a court here, Geo TV reported Sunday. Officials at Pakistan's foreign office said Saturday that the Rawalpindi anti-terrorism court has issued a 14-day physical remand of the six alleged suspects, into the custody of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA).

February 6th, 2009 KOLKATA - India is yet to receive an official response on the dossier it has given to Pakistan on the Mumbai terror strikes, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said here Saturday. 'I am yet to receive any official communication from Islamabad so far,' Mukherjee told reporters.