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'ISI keen on reviving militancy in Punjab'

New Delhi Dec. 22. In a new strategy, Pakistan's ISI is keen to revive militancy in Punjab with senior officials, including President Pervez Musharraf reportedly having meetings with pro-Khalistan leaders during the birth anniversary celeberation of Baba Guru Nanak.

According to a report of the Union Home Ministry, the president of the U.S-based Nankana Sahib Foundation, G .S. Dhillon, who was in Pakistan recently, had been asked by the ISI officials to revive the Khalistani movement.

Official sources said that Sikhs, mainly expatriates settled overseas, visiting Pakistan were being subjected to pernicious propaganda to convert them into supporters of the Khalistan Movement.

The sources said the Governor of Punjab (Pakistan), Khalid Maqbool had assured the expatriate Khalistani leaders that Pakistan would provide all material and financial help to the Sikhs to realise their dream of Khalistan.

The ISI top brass also advised the Khalistan leaders to regularly interact with other insurgent groups in India operating from abroad and chalk out a common strategy.

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