United Nations Satisfied With Pakistan Cooperation Against Terrorism

by MJK on December 23, 2008

I just came across this story in which a senior UN official dealing with the compliance of nations against terrorism has termed Pakistan as a very helpful and responsible nation. In his report, he has termed all agencies of Pakistan as very much committed against the banned entities. The timings of the report are very critical to the current just stand of Pakistan on the Mumbai attacks. Pakistan has repeatedly asked India to provide any credible evidence to implicate any group or person from Pakistan. It is worth mentioning here that Indian agencies are very busy in cooking up some credible evidence but till date they have failed. Their government is relying on their media reports as enough evidence while the same media quotes government for every thing they are saying so its like the famous circle on the India flag which will keep everyone running around without reaching any conclusion.

UNITED NATIONS: A senior United Nations official has said that Pakistan has â€œsatisfactorily compliedâ€ with the UNâ€™s sanctions on terrorist groups. Richard Barrett, Coordinator of the Security Council established al-Qaeda and Taliban Sanctions Monitoring Committee, told a foreign news channel that it was difficult to implement the sanctions completely, but the UN has found all Pakistani agencies were cooperative.The committee has the task of monitoring sanctions imposed by the Security Council on individuals and organisations declared as terrorist.
â€œI found in all my dealings with officials in Pakistan, whether itâ€™s the government, elected officials, ministries or the intelligence services or the Army, and we deal with all of those bodies I found very good atmosphere of cooperation between them as well as with us,â€ Barrett was quoted as saying.
â€œIt is very difficult for a state to implement that (sanctions) completely, but yes in a way Pakistani government is working to ensure fruitful compliance,â€ he said.
Barrett indicated that the cooperation was across the board, covering civil and military agencies and ministries. Barrett is expected to visit Islamabad soon to make an assessment of Pakistanâ€™s actions so far and what more needed to be done.
The official had earlier said the Security Council has the power to take action against nations if they were found to be not taking action against individuals and organizations branded as terrorists.
The Pakistan Government acting after the United Nations declared the Jamaat-ud-Dawa a terrorist group and a front for Lashkar?e?Taiba has shuttered all of its offices, arrested scores of activists and put its entire leadership under house arrest.
India blames the Lashkar for the terrorist attacks on Mumbai last month that killed more than 200 people.(Source: The News International)