Indo-Pak Anti-Terror Mechanism meets in Islamabad

Islamabad, Jun 25 (PTI) Indian and Pakistani officials
met here Tuesday to discuss measures to counter terrorism and
exchange information to assist in investigations related to
terrorist acts.

The joint Anti-Terrorism Mechanism met here for the
third time after it was set up in line with a decision taken
during a meeting between President Pervez Musharraf and Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh on the margins of the Non-Aligned
Movement summit in Havana in September 2006.

According to reports, India may raise the recent terror
attacks in Jaipur, Ajmer and Hyderabad in the meeting while
Pakistan is expected to sought details of last year's
Samjhauta express blast.

During a meeting here in May to resume the composite
dialogue process, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee
and his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi expressed
their commitment to "fight terrorism in all its forms and
manifestations" and "re-emphasised the need for effective
steps for the complete elimination of this menace".

Countering terrorism and drug trafficking is one of the
eight issues included in the composite dialogue.

During their meeting, Mukherjee and Qureshi also
"reaffirmed their determination not to let terrorism impede
the peace process".

The first meeting of the Anti-Terrorism Mechanism was
held in Islamabad March 6, 2007 and its second meeting took
place in New Delhi October 23 the same year.