See through the Mumbai trial in a full way: UK to Pak

Rezaul H Laskar
Islamabad, Jan 9 (PTI) Britain on Saturday called on
Pakistan to see through in "a full way" the trial of seven
suspects arrested in connection with the Mumbai attacks and to
punish them if they are found guilty.
"I think the fact that seven people are now on trial is
significant and important," British Foreign Secretary David
Miliband said during a joint news conference with his
Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi.
"That trial needs to be seen through in a full way. And
if people are found guilty, they obviously need to be then
punished," he said.
He said there was "no point in denying that the Mumbai
attacks were a very significant setback for all of us who
hoped for closer cooperation between India and Pakistan".
Miliband believed there is a "strong commitment" on the
part of the governments of both countries to pursue better
relations.
The Foreign Secretary averted several pointed questions
from the Pakistani media about pressure purportedly being
applied on Islamabad by New Delhi by allegedly cutting off
river waters and talk of a "war under a nuclear overhang".
He recalled that when he visited Pakistan in January 2009
in the wake of the Mumbai attacks, he had said that "Pakistani
authorities needed to move farther and faster in tackling the
roots of those attacks because they were not just murderous in
themselves but they were a grave danger to the cooperation
between India and Pakistan". (More) PTI RHL
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