Pak must explain presence of militant leaders on its soil:IOC

London, Dec 1 (PTI) Stating that Pakistan has reneged on
its promise not to allow its territory to be used for hostile
activities against India, an Indian overseas group has asked
Islamabad to explain why leaders of banned outfits have been
receiving official protection there.

"The Pakistani government had promised not to permit its
territory to be used for hostile acts against India. Pakistan
is, thus, committed to honour a binding pledge," the Indian
Overseas Congress (London) UK chief Balwant Kapoor said
Monday.

"The failure of Pakistani authorities to co-operate in
the face of incontrovertible evidence of the attack being
staged from Pakistan will thoroughly expose them before the
world," Kapoor, a freedom fighter, said in a statement.

"If Mumbai's underworld connived with the external
forces, the Pakistani government must explain why leaders of
such outfits have been receiving official protection in
Pakistan," he said.

Kapoor said that the way the High Commissioner of
Pakistan to the UK rushed to issue statements to TV channels
on the audacious terrorist attack in Mumbai indicated a
"guilty conscience". "India so far only suspects elements
based in Pakistan being involved in the outrage, not the
Pakistan government."

He also criticised Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader
LK Advani for politicising the issue and failing to attend the
all-party meeting convened by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh in Delhi Sunday.

The IOC president slammed Chief Minister of the western
Indian state of Gujarat, Narendra Modi, for abusing
Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief late Hemant Karkare days
before his killing for arresting Hindu terrorists suspected of
being behind bomb blasts in the town of Malegaon.
PTI