'Pakistan must take decisive action against LeT'

US-LASHKAR

Lalit K Jha
Washington, Dec 10 (PTI) In the light of the Headley-Rana
case unearthed by the FBI, the US and the international
community should insist on Pakistan to take decisive action
against terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba, noted US academicians
said Thursday.

"In light of the exposed Headley terrorist plots, the US
and its allies must insist Pakistan shut down the LeT once and
for all or risk international condemnation," said Lisa Curtis
and Jena baker McNeill, both member of Washington-based think
tank the Heritage Foundation.
In this vein, the Pakistani authorities' reluctance to
prosecute LeT leader Hafiz Mohammed Sayeed should be a major
concern for Washington, she said.
In June, Sayeed, a key accused in Mumbai terror attacks,
was released from a Pakistani jail by the Lahore High Court on
grounds of insufficient evidence.
Although Pakistani authorities have recently placed him
under house arrest, his ability to escape prosecution signals
other terrorists inside Pakistan that they will remain above
the law, especially if their activities include targeting
archrival India, Curtis and McNeill said.
Noting that some Pakistani officials argue that
Pakistan’s security forces are incapable of taking on the LeT
at its base in the Punjab at the same time they are battling
militants in the tribal border areas, they said it is time to
test that assumption. MORE PTI LKJ
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