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Do not listen to India on Pak: Pak Americans tell Obama admin By Lalit K Jha
Washington, Jan 27 (PTI) Pakistani Americans, in a move
to counter Indo-American groups active in lobbying here, have
floated a body, which has asked the Obama administration and
US lawmakers not to listen to the demands of India.
Accusing Indian American groups of lobbying with
Washington for putting pressure on Islamabad in the aftermath
of the Mumbai attack, the Pakistani-American groups are
telling the US that Islamabad has been a reliable ally in its
war against terror.
Leaders of the newly formed Pakistan American National
Alliance (PANA), at a press conference said Indian Americans
were lobbying before the Congress and the Obama Administration
asking them to exhort pressure on Pakistan for taking action
against the terrorists involved in the Mumbai attack, and
penalize Islamabad in case it fails to do so.
PANA, which includes six eminent Pakistani American
organisations, announced its formation on the eve of some 150
Indian American leaders from various parts of the country
converging in Washington to lobby before the Obama team and
Congressmen to tell Pakistan to take action against the
perpetrators of the Mumbai attack.
"As previous experience shows some of the terrorist acts
by non-state actors are in fact complex, well planned and
sophisticated as witnessed during the tragic events of 9/11
and embassy bombings in Africa. The perpetrators of 9/11 were
Saudi and Egyptian citizens, but the US Government never
suspected nor blamed the Saudi of Egyptian governments," the
group said in a statement.
"Therefore the presumption that since a citizen of a
certain country performs a certain act, therefore its
government should be held responsible is erroneous," it said
and urged the Obama administration to influence India for a
joint Indo-Pak investigation of the Mumbai terrorist attack.
The Pakistani-Americans also announced they would hold
day-long lobbying activities at the Capitol on February 18,
after the US Congress resumes.
Asking the White House and the US Congress to cooperate
with the government in Islamabad and provide massive economic
aid to the country, Pakistani Americans demanded that Indian
parties like Bharatiya Janata Party, Rashtriya Swyamsevak
Sangha, Shiv Sena and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad be
declared terrorist outfits.
It also demanded appointment of a special mediator to
resolve the Kashmir issue and urged the new administration not
to give US visa to the Gujarat Chief Minister, Narendra Modi.
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to counter Indo-American groups active in lobbying here, have
floated a body, which has asked the Obama administration and
US lawmakers not to listen to the demands of India.
Accusing Indian American groups of lobbying with
Washington for putting pressure on Islamabad in the aftermath
of the Mumbai attack, the Pakistani-American groups are
telling the US that Islamabad has been a reliable ally in its
war against terror.
Leaders of the newly formed Pakistan American National
Alliance (PANA), at a press conference said Indian Americans
were lobbying before the Congress and the Obama Administration
asking them to exhort pressure on Pakistan for taking action
against the terrorists involved in the Mumbai attack, and
penalize Islamabad in case it fails to do so.
PANA, which includes six eminent Pakistani American
organisations, announced its formation on the eve of some 150
Indian American leaders from various parts of the country
converging in Washington to lobby before the Obama team and
Congressmen to tell Pakistan to take action against the
perpetrators of the Mumbai attack.
"As previous experience shows some of the terrorist acts
by non-state actors are in fact complex, well planned and
sophisticated as witnessed during the tragic events of 9/11
and embassy bombings in Africa. The perpetrators of 9/11 were
Saudi and Egyptian citizens, but the US Government never
suspected nor blamed the Saudi of Egyptian governments," the
group said in a statement.
"Therefore the presumption that since a citizen of a
certain country performs a certain act, therefore its
government should be held responsible is erroneous," it said
and urged the Obama administration to influence India for a
joint Indo-Pak investigation of the Mumbai terrorist attack.
The Pakistani-Americans also announced they would hold
day-long lobbying activities at the Capitol on February 18,
after the US Congress resumes.
Asking the White House and the US Congress to cooperate
with the government in Islamabad and provide massive economic
aid to the country, Pakistani Americans demanded that Indian
parties like Bharatiya Janata Party, Rashtriya Swyamsevak
Sangha, Shiv Sena and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad be
declared terrorist outfits.
It also demanded appointment of a special mediator to
resolve the Kashmir issue and urged the new administration not
to give US visa to the Gujarat Chief Minister, Narendra Modi.
PTI LKJ
RKM
NNNN
