Pak asks India to share intelligence inputs regarding impending terror threats

September 30th, 2009 NEW YORK - The banned terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), the outfit which planned and carried out the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, is once again on the look out for carrying out similar attacks in India, warned top US counter terrorism and intelligence officials. While Pakistan claims that it has taken concrete steps to prevent terror groups operating on its soil from planning attacks on other countries, senior American military, intelligence and counter terrorism officials have said that the LeT is largely 'intact' and 'determined' to plot new attacks, The New York Times reports.

September 24th, 2009 FRANKFURT - Defending the Intelligence Bureau on the inputs that it had provided to the Gujarat Government over the encounter case that led to the death of Ishrat Jahan and three others, a top government source revealed that intelligence inputs are provided to states but do not suggest action. The authoritative source also said that the Centre respects human values and is not only against the fake encounters but against any encounter.

September 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Home Minister P. Chidambaram met US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Washington to brief her about Pakistan's inaction against perpetrators of Mumbai terror attacks Chidambaram, who wraps up his four-day visit to the United States today, told Clinton that Pakistan simply has not taken any action against the perpetrators of 26/11, and mastermind Hafiz Saeed.

August 18th, 2009 ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI - Referring to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's remarks that terror groups based in Pakistan were plotting attacks against India, Islamabad Tuesday asked New Delhi to share information on the threats. On his part, the Indian envoy in Pakistan said proof of this had already been shared.

August 18th, 2009 ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI - A day after Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said terror groups based in Pakistani territory were plotting attacks against India, Pakistan Tuesday said it couldn't take such remarks lightly and asked New Delhi to share information on such threats. "If the (Indian) prime minister says something like this, we can't take it lightly," Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi told reporters on the sidelines of an official function in Islamabad.

August 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD - As Pakistan asked India to share information on fresh terror threats, New Delhi Tuesday said unless Islamabad takes credible action against the 26/11 suspects, it will be "extremely difficult" to resume meaningful talks. India also underlined that it has already "shared solid proof of possible terror attacks" from the Pakistani territory.

August 18th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has asked India to share information that formed the basis of Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh's statement that Pakistan based terrorist were planning fresh Mumbai type attacks against the country.

July 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Underlining an immediate need of people's participation in counter terror strategy, US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has urged the people of the country to join a "collective fight against terrorism". Speaking to the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, Napolitano highlighted that there is a need of a combined effort of individuals, companies, state and foreign governments against terrorism.

July 23rd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has urged the United States to provide the latest military technology and real time intelligence inputs to help it to counter the terror threat. During his meeting with US Special Envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Pakistan needs the latest technology and real-time, credible and actionable intelligence to counter militancy effectively.

July 14th, 2009 CAIRO - External Affairs Minister S.M Krishna has said that New Delhi would like a visible response from Islamabad, which should have commitment to bring to justice the perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attacks. Speaking at a press conference on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit in Sharm-al Shaikh here last night, Krishna said that India wants an assurance from Pakistan that acts of terrorism engineered from Pakistan soil will not be repeated.

July 7th, 2009 VIRGINIA - The threat perception on vital installations in three coastal states Gujarat, Maharashtra and Goa has been increased manifold following intelligence reports of the banned Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) channelising huge amounts of money from its Gulf-based networks for terror strikes against the country. According to a report in the Terrorism Monitor, a periodical published by the Virginia based Jamestown Foundation, intelligence authorities have revealed that the LeT's marine wing is planning a repeat of the 26/11 Mumbai attack, and is on the look out for an incursion into India via the western sea-coast.

June 27th, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan intelligence agencies have warned that extremists may strike the US embassy, consulates and other strategically important American establishments in the country. According to an intelligence report, a militant named Muhammad Ayub, who belongs to Quetta, has been assigned the work to carry out terror strikes on US buildings, The Daily Times reports.

June 6th, 2009 RAWALPINDI - Terrorists in the guise of police personnel could target high-profile personalities and sensitive installations, especially those of law enforcement agencies in Rawalpindi, a security official has warned. Addressing a press conference here, City Police Officer (CPO) Rao Muhammad Iqbal, said that intelligence inputs suggest that militants are planning to strike in the city.

May 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - The United States wants both India and Pakistan to break the ice in their relationship, as it considers that cordial relations between both the countries is the key to establish peace and stability in the sub-continent. Addressing a regular press briefing here, White House Spokesman Robert Gibbs, while referring to the reports about India and Pakistan sharing intelligence inputs with each other, said the step marks a positive shift in the otherwise hostile relationship between the two neighboring countries.

May 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - India and Pakistan have started sharing intelligence inputs regarding Islamic extremists amid continuous persuasion from the United States, a report in a leading US daily said. According to a Wall Street Journal report, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) arranged for Pakistan and India to share information on Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), the outlawed accused of carrying out the Mumbai 26/11 attacks.