Pakistan on Wednesday expressed the hope that friends like the United Kingdom would persuade India to view terrorism objectively and appreciate the value of cooperation in counter-terrorism. This observation was made by Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit in response to questions on British Prime Minister David Cameron's comment in India that Pakistan was exporting terror.
During an interaction with the business community in Bangalore, Mr. Cameron was quoted as saying: “We cannot tolerate in any sense the idea that this country [Pakistan] is allowed to look both ways and is able, in any way, to promote the export of terror, whether to India, or whether to Afghanistan or anywhere else in the world.”
Pointing out that Pakistan and the U.K. had a “robust and comprehensive partnership, including on counter-terrorism,” the spokesman said: “Terrorists have no religion, no humanity, no specific ethnicity or geography. Terrorists' networks, as the U. K. knows full well, mutate and operate in different regions and cities. The genesis of terrorism as a global phenomenon warrants close attention. Pakistan is as much a victim of terrorism as are Afghanistan, India or other countries.”
In a related development, Pakistan once again hit out against the “Afghan War Logs” posted on WikiLeaks website which, among other things, said the Inter-Services Intelligence continued to aid the Taliban in Afghanistan despite the “war on terror.”
The Foreign Office, in a statement, said: “The government of Pakistan takes serious exception to the malicious campaign launched by certain quarters to tarnish the standing and image of Pakistani state institutions, including the security forces and the ISI.
