Pak denies I.S.I. role in Kabul bombings

New Delhi, Oct 14 (PTI) Pakistan Tuesday denied that its
spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (I.S.I.) had a role in
the recent bombings at the Indian Embassy in Kabul.
"No. No. No. Incorrect," Pakistan's National Security
Adviser Mahmud Ali Durrani said here when asked to comment on
reports alleging that Pakistan's I.S.I. had a role in the
Kabul blasts.
He was talking to reporters after meeting External
Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee. Durrani is also meeting
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and B.J.P. President Rajnath
Singh.
"I had a very good meeting with the Foreign Minister ...
things are going okay," he said.
Durrani Monday held delegation level talks with his
Indian counterpart M.K. Narayanan who raised the issue of
Kabul bombings and rise in instances of ceasefire violation in
Jammu and Kashmir.
The two sides are understood to have discussed the
Kashmir issue and the Sir Creek dispute.
Ahead of the talks Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon
had said all issues that are a matter of concern to India,
including the Kabul bombings and ceasefire violations would be
taken up during the meeting with Durrani.
India has been perturbed by increasing incidents of
cross-L.o.C. firing by Pakistani army, many a times to provide
cover to infiltrating militants.
New Delhi has also been angry at the suicide attack on
its embassy in Kabul on July 7, for which Afghanistan, India
and the U.S. have blamed Pakistan's intelligence agency I.S.I.

Pak faces 'very serious internal threat" to integrity:Minister
Islamabad, Oct 14 (PTI) Pakistan is facing a "very serious
internal threat" to its integrity as a grouping of al-Qaeda,
Taliban and local 'jehadi' elements wanted to take over the
country, Information Minister Sherry Rehman warned Tuesday.
She also said the Taliban and 'jehadi' and militant groups
in Pakistan had links with the Afghan Taliban and groups in
Jammu and Kashmir, sources were quoted as saying by the media.
Rehman made these remarks during a special joint session
of Parliament, which was again adjourned Tuesday as opposition
lawmakers wanted answers to posers raised by them on the
causes of sudden upsurge in militant strikes in Pakistan.
The session was deferred Monday as well following the
untimely death of National Assembly member from Jackobabad
Nasrullah Khan Bijarani, who died of a cardiac arrest.
After her briefing, the Information Minister did not reply
to the questions posed by the opposition, with Speaker Fehmida
Mirza ruling that the in-camera session was only meant for the
briefing and a debate and questions were not on the agenda.
The Speaker adjourned the session till Wednesday, when a
debate on the government's anti-terror policy is likely to be
held.
Rehman told parliamentarians that there was a "very
serious internal threat" to Pakistan's integrity as a grouping
of al-Qaeda, Taliban and local 'jehadi' elements wanted to
take over the country, sources were quoted by T.V. channels as
saying by T.V .channels.
She briefed the lawmakers on the three-pronged strategy
adopted by the government to counter militancy and terrorism,
especially in Pakistan's tribal belt bordering Afghanistan.
This strategy envisages a dialogue with militants who
give up arms, the economic development of the tribal areas and
use of force only as a last resort, she told the session
convened to forge a consensus anti-terror policy. (More) PTI