No normal ties with Pakistan until it controls terror: Indian PM

Pakistan needs to shut terror machine active there, Manmohan Singh tells lawmakers.


Web Desk/web Desk March 08, 2013
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. PHOTO: AFP

India cannot have normal ties with Pakistan until it brings terrorist activities under control, said Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday.

According to a Times of India report, Singh said that there cannot be a normalisation of relations between the two countries “unless and until the terror machine which is still active in Pakistan is brought under control.”

The Indian prime minister was addressing the upper house of the parliament.

Singh told the lawmakers that India has made sincere efforts to normalise its relations with Pakistan.

"People to people contacts have gone up, trade relations have shown improvement," he reported.

The statements come a day before Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf’s planned personal visit to India.

COMMENTS (45)

cosmo | 11 years ago | Reply

@Faisal: Wrong on facts RAW has a budget of $2.2 Billion, as for ISI I will go with your figures !! But that is not the main difference between the two. The major differences are that while RAW plays by rule of law, ISI is freelance !!, While RAW is china specific, ISI is Afghanistan/India specific!!, While RAW is an Indian agency, Pakistan is an ISI agency !! Yes, Pakistan is an ISI agency !!!!

nrmr44 | 11 years ago | Reply

I don't get this. If India goes after terrorists in Pakistan, it's bad. If India encourages terrorists in Pakistan, that's bad too. If India engages Pakistan and gives proof of terrorist activities in Pakistan, that's bad again. If India remains aloof, that's a problem too. Of course the Indian PM is confused. In any case, he spends all his time on the Indian economy and is no expert on which outfit is blowing up Pakistanis and which gets blown up by India. He should not have spoken. Events in Pakistan speak for themselves.

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