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Situation on Indian border fragile: Pakistani PM

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Reuters

Posted: Jan 09, 2009 at 1500 hrs IST
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Islamabad Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Friday the situation was "fragile" on the border with India, and regretted the suspension of peace talks following the militant attacks in Mumbai in November.

Gilani's remarks came a day after the government confirmed that the lone surviving gunman from the attack that killed 179 people in India's financial capital was a Pakistani.

The Prime Minister sacked his national security adviser on Thursday for disclosing this before consulting him.

"The situation on our eastern border has once again become very fragile," Gilani told a seminar in Islamabad.

While tensions have run high between the nuclear-armed neighbours, there has been no sign of a troop build-up by either side, and analysts say chances of India resorting to military action have receded.

Pakistani officials have warned that if there was any risk of a confrontation with India it would switch forces from the western border with Afghanistan, where they are fighting pro-Taliban and al Qaeda militants.

Any such action would undermine incoming US president Barack Obama's plan to almost double the number of US troops in Afghanistan as part of a surge strategy to quell the Taliban insurgency.

Dell Dailey, the State Department's counter terrorism coordinator, told reporters in Washington on Tuesday that the United States had not seen any move of Pakistanis forces from western border regions to the east "in any degree that's measurable".

He said Pakistan moved troops to the eastern border in 2002, when it went to the brink of a fourth war with India.

"We do not want that to happen again and we'll do as much as we can to prevent it," Dailey said.

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KASAB'S PARENTS MISSING by usha nair on 12 Jan 2009

MAY THE SOUL OF THE POOR PARENTS OF KASAB, REST IN PEACE !!! Dekho, Zardari kittana bemani aadi hai....

GILANI'S CHAIR IS FRAGILE by JOICEE on 12 Jan 2009

YOUR CHAIR ALSO FRAGILE MR. GILANI.

Dont Fool around !! by Rajan Sharma on 10 Jan 2009

Pakistan PM, Dont fool around. You are a joker. And you cannot be taken seriously. Be careful, your ISIS chief may sack you tomorrow. So your seat is more fragile than the border and you should concentrate more there.

Be straight forward. by Ramakrihnan on 10 Jan 2009

What do you expect PM. Your agencies train and push armed agressors to the neighbouring country and cause mayhem. Do you expect Indian to keep quite. You pretend to support freedom movemwnt in Kashmir. First bring freedom and democracy in your country. You pretend to fight Taliban. But Taliban has been given shlter in your country.Smugglers, drug traffickers and underworld wanted in this country are honoured guests in Pak No one has any sympathy when you pretend to be victim. If you sow wind you will reap whrilwind. Your actions and words do not match. Duplicity, thy name is Pak. You seem to think only ISI and your army are thesmart people in the world and you can hold the world to ransom. If you go on like this your country is going to sink deeper and deeper into the quagmire of history.

Fragile situation at Indo-Pak border by Raman on 10 Jan 2009

A country with a shame leadership and a leadership that always enjoys blood-bath can never be a friendly country. If Indian Government has any great political will it should severe all its links with that country. Pakistan should be declared as a terrorist state and all possible international sanctions be imposed on it. There should not be any double standards when it comes to maintaining human values. America should set a very good example as it only can act on all these kinds of inhuman acts carried out by these terrorist countries.

Future Shock by naresh on 10 Jan 2009

These guys just don't seem to understand that they are living on borrowed land and borrowed time, so why does India have to resort to attack them. In time to come these very guys are going to come on their knees asking for a unification of the countries.

Get BDM missile shield and go for fullscale war with Pak by Sarath on 09 Jan 2009

Now india has to go for full-scale war with Pak with backup of current BDM or it should get missile shield with mission critical urgency, and go for full scale war with Pak and crush its military atleast 30 to 40 years back and de-nuclearize whatever it costs. otherwise Pak will increase missiles from China, so that no missile shield may not protect fully. So this is the critical time for India to think fast and act fast, before Pak acquires more missiles then BDM or any missile defence may partially works but greater damage. So india has to go for war with Pak not only POK, but entire Pak and cleanup nuclear arsenal and full military capability and then handover Pak to either NATO led or US led, then only this rogue pak elements will go to dust, otherwise India has to face this rogue blackmail forever. So this is the testing time for Politicians and military persons in India. Go for one fullscale war despite of whatever losses, and cleanup for future of India, or face blackmail.

Fragile situation-says Gilani by Lal Narang on 09 Jan 2009

Gilani the man named as PM of Pakistan forgets that its nation has always been living in fragile situations, pre and pro Mumbai attacks. His warning of diverting forces from Afghanistan border is meant as a blackmail threat to USA.Ironically a nation breeding terrorists is regretting suspension of "peace talks" with a nation whom it attacked so brutally through terrorists. Grow up man!

This is a dead end Road by Anil Kohli on 09 Jan 2009

Mr Gilani,There is nothing much to be gained by going down this path. Last 60years are more than ample testimony to that. You may be able to divert the attention of your citizens from the current situation by feeding their fears and fanning their sentiments by crying wolf.The real problem is still there, and the sooner your total energy is directed towards addressing this problem the better.Elements within the establishment, and those ostensibly outside with active support from those misguided cliques, may succeed in committing heinous crimes once in a while in India. The appetite of the monster that is growing on a daily basis in Pakistan is bound to turn around and start to devour your country and your countrymen.You are fortunate to be in a position where you could make a difference for your own country, and come thru as a true patriot. Do not waste you energy or the opportunity by playing to the galleries and fanning passions which lead only to dead end roads.

Pakistani terror by Dr.V.K.Joshi on 09 Jan 2009

Sir, India should take lessons from Israel in dealing with Islamic rage of terror.Many overseas Indians feel let down by the inaction of UPA government.When the parliament was attacked nothing was done. In Mumbai so many innocent lives were lost and yet congress party administration in the cetre was least concerned.As I have said in the past Indian democracy is not safe in the hands of power hungry currupt congress politicians.

india must learn lesson from Kargill by Ahmed on 09 Jan 2009

Yes, you are right india must learned her lesson from recent past, bitter defeat by Pak army at Kargill war.india also take lesson when fanatic hindus supported by BJP perpetrated carnage in Gujrat killing 2000 innocent lives, where were you Mr.whoever.Let me remind for your feeble and weakening memory Pakistan is a Nuclear state it's not Iraq or afghanistan.Very Well disciplined army after U.S and Britian, of 1 million strongs.So stop barking anymore, you indians are nothing but piece of shit.Barking dogs never seldom bite.

Shut up call to all pakistanis by Mrinal on 22 Apr 2009

i sincerely request you pakistanis to stay out of this. Your dirty minds have been filled with pakistani propaganda. You Pakis claim that you won Kargil and 1965 war, poor loosers again brainwashed by pak army propaganda. YOU lost all wars against India< check wikipedia>you lost the 1947,1965,1971 and 1999 wars. Your useless army is such a loser that it cant even save your backside from Taliban and has already lost NWFP, Fataa, Baloach etcd etc.... your army is junk.....

Border Fragile by Varghese Joseph on 09 Jan 2009

Hey, this man talks much and they (Pakistan) needs the issue be flared up, because the whole world now realises their commitment. Hence, be aware of Pakistan.

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