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``Pakistan a nursery of global terror''

NEW YORK: Pakistan "remains a nursery" of global terrorism, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Monday. Islamabad had done "precious little" to dismantle the infrastructure of terrorism on its eastern borders with India.

In an address at the Harvard University, Mr. Mukherjee said the fragile political fabric of states in India's neighbourhood was a source of "continuing anxiety" to New Delhi. If Pakistan claimed to be a frontline state in the global war against terrorism, then it must do more to dismantle the infrastructure still intact on its soil. "India has repeatedly stated that in order to proceed with the ongoing peace-process between the two countries, Pakistan must implement the solemn assurances it has given to stop all cross-border terrorism." This had not yet happened.

"In this context, we welcome the positive results of the recent summit between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, and President Musharraf in Havana, in particular the decision to set up an institutional mechanism to tackle cross-border terrorism." — PTI

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``Pakistan a nursery of global terror''

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