Financing terrorism to be an offence in Pakistan

October 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Pakistan is facing many internal problems and "the rise of terrorism is one of them", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here Friday. Responding to a query at the HT Leadership Summit, Manmohan Singh said: "Pakistan is grappling with many internal problems.

October 28th, 2009 LONDON - A report published by a US think-tank, Heritage Foundation, has described Pakistan as the centre of all terror plots hatched against Britain and said there exists 'a physical and ideological terrorism pipeline' between both the countries. "More than a quarter of those convicted of terrorism in the United Kingdom trained or tried to train in Pakistan or Afghanistan," the report said.

October 13th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - India and Pakistan must work together to counter terrorism, Pakistani foreign office spokesman said here Tuesday. India must stop blame game as time has come to solve all outstanding issues with tranquility, the Online news agency quoted foreign office spokesman Abdul Basit as saying.

July 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A day after describing Pakistan as the home of a global syndicate of terrorism, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Monday said she has seen real commitment by the Pakistan government to fight terrorism and underlined that Islamabad deserved support. "I have seen a real commitment by the Pakistan government in fighting terrorism," Clinton said while interacting with students at Delhi University.

June 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Pakistan's ambassador to the United States, Husain Haqqani, has urged Washington to continue aiding Pakistan's fight against terrorism, as it would only be an investment in US security. "There is room for greater investment from both the private sector and non-governmental organisations.

June 18th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has acceded to the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, an official said. "With the accession to this convention, Pakistan is now party to 11 international conventions against terrorism.

May 13th, 2009 LONDON - Less than one in ten of those people arrested for terrorism offences every year in Brtiain are ever convicted, according to new Government figures. lmost 230 people are arrested for terrorism offences every year, The Telegraph quotes the newly released statistics, as saying.

April 22nd, 2009 ON BOARD AIRCRAFT TO MADHYA PRADESH - The Bharatiya Janata Party's Prime Ministerial candidate, L.K. Advani, on Wednesday declared that if the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) was elected to power at the end of this year's general elections, one of his first tasks would be to scrap the joint-anti-terrorism mechanism that exists between India and Pakistan.

April 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With the Mumbai attacks bringing to the fore the growing misuse of charities as conduit of funds for terrorist activities, a three-day regional conference on countering terrorism financing began here Tuesday. Officials and technical experts from the US, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, the Maldives and the European Union are participating in the conference aimed at cracking the financial backbone of terrorists organisations.

March 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress party Tuesday said the attack on Sri Lankan cricketers in Lahore was the result of the 'space' that Pakistan has been conceding to terrorists and the international community must build pressure on Pakistan to dismantle the terror infrastructure on its soil. 'The attack on Sri Lankan cricketers makes it evident that it is the result of the space that Pakistan has been conceding to terrorists and hard-liners.

March 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - India Tuesday said unless Pakistan completely dismantles the terrorism infrastructure on its territory, incidents like the attack on Sri Lankan cricketers in Lahore would continue to take place. External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee told reporters here that Pakistan must 'take courage in both hands' to tackle the terrorism infrastructure and appealed to the international community to act to address terrorism, which he described as the 'biggest menace' in the world today.

February 14th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Former president Pervez Musharraf has said that his government had not inked any agreement with the US over drone attacks on Pakistan, Online reported. Musharraf said: 'Increase in terrorism and extremism is influencing people towards Al-Qaeda and Talibanisation.

February 12th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Kashmir still stands out as the core issue for Pakistan though it has cooperated regarding the Mumbai terror attack investigation, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sherry Rehman has said. Rehman told a private TV channel that without solving the Kashmir issue, peace in the region was impossible because it was the main issue behind India-Pakistan tension, Pakistan's Online news agency reported.

January 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Continuing its diplomatic offensive against Pakistan, India Friday welcomed the US remarks saying Pakistan in the 'epicentre of terrorism' and called upon the world to take action against terror from Pakistani soil. Defence minister A.K.

December 26th, 2008 KOLKATA - India is not against any particular country but against terrorism, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Saturday, and urged the Pakistani leadership to join hands in combating it together. 'India is not against any particular country or any religion.