Diplomatic row between Pak,UK over latest terror plot

A diplomatic row has erupted after Pakistan and the UK asked each other to 'do more' to counter terrorism.

A diplomatic row has erupted after Pakistan and the UK asked each other to “do more” to counter terrorism,as British anti-terror police interrogated 11 Pakistanis in a major terror plot.

Pakistan flayed Britains immigration system after it emerged that the majority of those arrested in connection with an alleged terror plot entered the country on student visas.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown said there are “links between terrorists in Britain and terrorists in Pakistan. That is an important issue for us to follow through….One of the lessons we have learnt is that Pakistan has to do more to root out terrorist elements in its country as well,” Brown said.

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In talks with the Pakistani leadership,Prime Minister Brown raised concerns about links between terrorists in the UK and Pakistan and demanded “intensified efforts to crush militants.”

He asked President Asif Ali Zardari to do more to root out terrorism emanating from Pakistan’s territory after police in the UK arrested a dozen al-Qaeda suspects,including 11 Pakistanis,over a “very big terrorist plot”.

“Prime Minister Brown telephoned President Zardari and the two leaders discussed matters relating to bilateral relations as well as the fight against terrorism,” Presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar said in Islamabad,without giving details.

However,Wajid Shamsul Hasan,Pakistan’s High Commissioner to the UK,hit back – saying Britain was not doing enough to prevent bogus applications for foreign student status.

Police personnel seen to control the situation during a massive protest over the statehood demand and the inclusion of Ladakh under the Sixth Schedule, in Leh on Wednesday. (ANI Video Grab)

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