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The PM’s unusually strong remarks invited a sharp reaction from Pakistan, which said the statement would “not only ratchet up tensions but also occlude facts and destroy all prospects of serious and objective investigations into the Mumbai attacks”.
Pakistan also rejected the material handed over to it by New Delhi on Monday in support of its claims that the terrorists in Mumbai had come and were handled from Pakistan. Islamabad said the material did not comprise “credible evidence”.
Singh made repeated references to Pakistan in his inauguration speech at the Chief Ministers’ conference, and dismissed the Pakistani line that ‘non-state actors’ might have been responsible.
“The terrorist attack in Mumbai in November last year was clearly carried out by a Pakistan-based outfit, the Lashkar-e-Toiba,” the PM said. “On the basis of the investigations carried out, including (those by) the agencies of some foreign countries whose nationals were killed in the attack, there is enough evidence to show that, given the sophistication and military precision of the attack, it must have had the support of some official agencies in Pakistan.”
Home Minister P Chidambaram had made a similar statement over the weekend, saying an operation like the one in Mumbai could not have been carried out without the complicity of “state actors or state-assisted actors”.
The PM went on to describe Pakistan’s government as “fragile” and “irresponsible”, and accused it of creating “war hysteria”.
“Our problems are compounded by the fact that we have a highly unpredictable and uncertain security environment in our immediate neighbourhood. The governments in some of our neighbouring countries are very fragile in nature. The more fragile a government, the more it tends to act in an irresponsible fashion. Pakistan’s responses to our various demarches on terrorist attacks is an obvious example,” he said.
Then, distinguishing between Pakistan-backed terror and other internal security threats to India such as left-wing extremism and insurgency in the North-east, the PM said, “Terrorism, on the other hand, is largely sponsored from outside our country, mainly Pakistan, which has utilized terrorism as an instrument of state policy”.
In response, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry warned that India’s approach was “fraught with grave risks” and would “further vitiate the situation in South Asia”. The statement repeated Pakistan’s well-known line: “Pakistan has suffered more terror attacks than India. But we have not lost our equanimity”.
It stressed that Pakistan was not a state sponsor of terrorism, and advised India “to demonstrate restraint and responsibility”.
“Vilifying Pakistan or for that matter any of its state institutions is unwarranted and unacceptable. This is a sure way to close avenues of cooperation in combating this menace,” the statement said.
Singh, however, went on to make another reference to cross-border terrorism in the evening, though this time he did not name Pakistan.
“On our part, we will spare no effort to deal with terrorist and insurgent groups operating from neighbouring countries. We are determined to put an end to terrorism sponsored from across the border with all the means at our command,” he said in his concluding speech at the Chief Ministers’ conference. He urged Chief Ministers to make every effort to ensure zero-tolerance towards terrorism.
Pakistan also said that the evidence handed over by India in support of claims that Pakistani elements were involved in the attacks were “not credible”. Appearing before the Foreign Relations Committee of the National Assembly, the lower house of Pakistan’s Parliament, Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir reportedly said, “The details provided by India are mere information and cannot be treated as evidence or help in the investigations. We need concrete evidence of the involvement of Pakistanis without which we cannot move ahead in our investigations.”
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Pakistan is testing India's patience. India will not loose it's patience. Even after 100 years, we will hear Indian PM giving finally-final wanrning to Pakistan in very strong words for attacking 10 citis of India with Nuclear bomb....... We expect Pakistan to improve.... Pakistan expect us not to improve.... carry on Mr. Prime Minister.....
The pakis know how to play the international game very well. The US and the UK are giving them all that they want, money to buy arms. We Indians think that we need international support to bring pakistan to its knees. It will never happen. We need to severe all our ties with pakistan and not talk to them till they meet all our demands. Just the PM giving out statements like this is not goin to do anyone any good, especially us. The politics is too mingled with the security of our country and every walk of life we see that our politician are involved in making money for themselves. Until we fight them ourselves nothing will happen. However much we cry or yell at these goons it is to no avail. People of all sects, religion should become one entity and fight both the pakis and our politicians who are disasterous to our people.
What is new in this statement. I think almost every Indian must have already expected the same from the scum bag of a nation called Pakistan. In fact i ám happy that Pakistan has refused to accept the evidence provided. Their credibility of a nation that suports and harbours terrorists has been strengthened by this stance. In fact i sympathise with the common Pakistani citizen as their leaders and its army has today reduced that country into a land of jokers.
I REALLY DONT UNDERSTAND WHAT IS IN THE MIND OF OUR GOVERNMENT. HOW STILL THEY TRUST TERRORIST COUNTRY (PAKISTAN) WHY THEY DONT TAKE ACTION AGAINST THEM. WHY THEY ARE AFRAID. PAKISTAN WILL NEVER ACCEPT THEIR MISTAKE BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT HUMAN BEING................ THEY ARE WORST THEN ANIMAL. I THINK ANIMAL HAVE SOME SHAME BUT PAKISTAN AND PAKISTANI ARE SHAMLESS CREATURE IN THIS WORLD. WAKE UP OUR P.M., DEFENCE MINSITER. ONCE AGAIN I TELL YOU DONT TRUST PAKISTAN.
It was a foregone conclusion that Pakistan wiould not find the evidence produced by India as credible. If from day one Pakistan had maintained that they had no hand in any of the blasts particularly Mumbai blasts, it would be an extremely naive on our part to believe that Pakistan would ever admit to its culpability. Pakistan has been in a denial mode from the very beginning and domestic factors do not allow it to move away from this position. India will have to continue to build up intense international pressure to enforce economic and military sanctions on Pakistan to see reason and desist from its nefarious designs and criminal activities.
Pakistan will never improve. They are very difficult people, making things complicated deliberately. They are dishonest. Our PM should act more tougher with them. Mr. Zardari has not learnt his lessons yet.
I think the UPA goverment is in election mode.Issue statments against Pakistan everyday and forget about the homebred Islamic terrorists till the elections are over.For how long have we not heard about the local terror modules that are hand in glove with the masters across the border.We can never tame pakistan but pls use your energy to keep our home in order so that local support is not made available to the foreign enemies.
This was to come.If India tells Pakistan milk is white they will definitely say say no its gray if not black.Pakistan was and will ever remain India's most unscrupulous enemy.Pakistan has left no stone unturned to harm/destroy Indian economy and did all it could do to derogate India.Even a fool won't trust these people but Congress/UPA has shown they are even worse than any fool to trust and hope any cooperation or action as desired by India or even world community.As said once by Mukherjee that Kasab's and the person claiming to be his father have the same DNA can be sure the father and his other relatives are already eliminated.There is only one solution which is dicisive War.Its bad and sad but this is justified.Moreover depending on USA' pressure on Pakistani is another foolishness.
PAK GOVT IS SUPPORTING TERRORIST. SO HOW CAN THEY ADMIT INDIA EVIDENCE. SECURITY COUNCIL SHOULD WARN PAK IF TERROR TRAINING CAMPS ARE NOT DESTROYED UNSC SHOULD MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR DESTROYING TERROR CAMPS WHICH ARE ENEMIES OF INDIA AS WELL AS WHOLE HUMAN COMMUNITY.
When VP Singh was the prime minister, there were lot of media comments of him being a spineless prime minister. We have a repetition of the same. First step CUT OFF ALL DIPLOMATIC, CULTURAL, SPORTS, TRADE LINKS WITH PAKISTAN. NEXT STEP BRING TO THE UN IMMEDIATELY ALL THE CRIMES OF PAKISTAN. IF NOTHING HAPPENS AFTER THESE THEN THERE IS ONLY THE ISRAELI WAY OF DOING THINGS.
This is totally a waste exercise. No evidence is sufficient for them because they are the real perpetrators. How can you expect them to accept this proof. They challenged UN resolution and therefore these evidence are nothing for them. Don't search for terrorists any where in this world. It is painful to see that PAKISTAN, the mother of all terrorists is sitting next to us. They DONT WANT and WILL NOT understand diplomatic languages or Bashans. Kick their ass and get their gas. or else ready for more attacks on our soil with better planning where you will not get any Kasab next time.
NOW INDIAN HOME AND INFORMATION MINISTRIES SHOULD ORGANISE A PRESS CONFERENCE WITH AJMAL AMIR IMAN KASAB TO THE WORLD NEWS PAPER AND TV REPORTERS INCLUDING PAKISTANIS AND CONFESS EVERYTHING TO THEM. THE GOVERNMENT MUST PROVIDE BULLET PROOF GLASS BOX TO KEEP KASAB SAFE.
Enough is enough, I dont think it worth wasting time with the foolish pak leaders. Just attck them and smash them.
India must plan and become Israel to pak, we do not have much option now. Maximum is we can delay it but not avoid it altogether. Now the choice is ours how we want to act and when. Pak do not want to live in peace with us and also it has internal problems which is binding it to their rulers. See their President who has lost his wife to terrorists cannot even think of any action against them, how helpless is he in his own case then what to talk about us. But my point is why do we have to talk to this kind of leadership, even the dictators when they are killed there, there is no aftermath action, this is their state culture. Very soon it is to become second afganistan where war lords will rule Gilani, Quareshi, Zardari etc will vanish from the scene and if not killed stay in their alternate houses in western countries. Good luck to them.
Why are we wasting our time to give evidence to others. We know who has done it. We should take action on it. Our enemy is not across the borders. It is sitting inside India. First take action against them. This daily statements by our leaders against Pak is mere a hogwash. They just want to show that they are serious. The biggest enemy of India is our own UPA govt . We all know that Pak is a enemy country and it is doing everything what enemies should do. Its obvious.But the real point is what we as a sensible country should do to protect ourselves. We are becoming a laughing stock in the whole of the world. We are the biggest idiots in this whole world. Do you want to know why Cong or UPA is behaving in such manner. Because, they want minority votes. The 20% of population ( muslims and christians) are controlling the fate of 80% of Hindus. This can only be removed when we start to vote. My appeal to all patriotic Hindus are make sure, all Hindus vote and vote against UPA.
What are we waiting for till pakistan and its protected terrorists attack again.Beat the shit out of them right now.
It is no wonder, for such a comment, If a dog bites a man is not a news, but if man bites it is a news, and so is the case of Pakistan, had it said, something had been done and we will settle it in future will be a news, and hence talking with Pakistan is useless, attacking in retaliation , taking a cue from Israel and then Pakistan will come and we can tell that the proof of attack is not clear enough to instruct the armed force to stop
We are expecting a good response like Isreal by our ruling party to save every Indian. Jai Hind!
IF WHAT WAS HEARD IN STAR NEWS YESTERDAY, INDIA DID A REAL FOOLISH EVIDENCE RECORD IN SO FAR AS THE STATEMENT OF KASAB IS CONCERNED. IT WAS ALL IN HINDI. HOW CAN KASAB TALK HINDI? WHY NOT HIS ORIGINAL STATEMENT TAKEN ? IF IT WAS A TRANSLATION, WHY WAS IT NOT SPECIFIED? THIS WAS AN IRRESPONSIBLE ACT AND PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR IT SHOULD BE PUNISHED.
Yea, it is on expected lines. Nothing surprising.
"LAATON KE BHOOT BAATON SE NAHIN MAANTE". Talk to them in the language they can understand and put them in the situation they can understand all the languages. Shameless state this is what their religion teaches them.
The outcome was known to all indian in advance, nobody in india believed that pak govt will agree to our evidences as their govt is envolved fully. Now the question is what next ? Even a common man on the street knows what language the pak will understand, this must be known to indian leadership better. Please use it as per our convinience and waste no time. Terrorism is pak's state policy and so called non state actors are very much their part. Please plan out a strategy considering the characterestics of our neighour in mind and act rather than appealing them again and again. Proactive policy aginst it on diplomatic, echonomic, indus water, harassing their armed forces through agressive posture in long run will make them surrender either to us or their terror outfits, either will suit us . Do not talk and think of friendship/ confidence building measures which in fact helps the terrorist more than the common man on either side of the border.
Pakistan is in state of denial, let India give any proof of their involment in Mumbai terror attack. let India try their harder deplomacy
And now what Mr.PM, On 26th we will repeat the same recorded words ie we will not allow bla bla bla from new delhi.
This reaction would have been ready with Pakistan even before the documents were furnished to them. Enough of giving proofs to Pakistan as any quantum and quality documents given, Pakistan will keep saying the same are i) insufficient ii) doctored iii) not sustaining the legal scrutiny in courts etc. etc. We must do what we want to and what we should to deter any future attacks like Mumbai 26/11 attacks.