Pak under tremendous pressure to address India's concerns

Lalit K Jha

New York, Sep 27 (PTI) As Indo-Pak Foreign Ministers are
set to meet here, Pakistan appears to be under tremendous
pressure from US and its allies to ensure that it convincingly
addresses India's concerns on terrorism, including Mumbai
attacks, and does nothing that derails all efforts to revive
the bilateral peace process.

President Asif Ali Zardari and his Foreign Minister Shah
Mahmood Qureshi have been meeting a number of world leaders,
including US President Barack Obama and Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton, on the margins of the UN General Assembly
session here.

They have been told in no uncertain terms that Pakistan
can no longer afford to have two different standards for
terrorists – one for the terrorists targeting the West and
other for the terrorists who use Pakistani soil against India,
sources said.

This was also the message clearly delivered to Pakistan
by the world leaders at the 'Friends of Democratic Pakistan'
meeting held early this week on the sidelines of the UN
General Assembly session, which was co-chaired by Obama,
Zardari and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Signals coming from the western capitals and their recent
statements indicate that these leaders are supportive of
India's stand that there can be no progress on the peace talks
front unless Pakistan shows its commitment and real progress
in taking action against those who planned and executed the
26/11 attacks. (More) PTI LKJ
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