Parties should be united against terrorism: Rajnath Singh

The Home Minister asserted that terrorism has no caste or religion and “We all must discuss terrorism with all the seriousness”. In Havana, ex-PM Manmohan Singh agreed that Pakistan was also a victim of terror, while at Sharm-el Sheikh, he accepted Pakistan’s demand for a probe into alleged meddling by Indian spy agency RAW in Balochistan. He writes: “Insaan bano, Kashmir aur Punjab ko izzat se chhod do”.

“If the government of India has any concrete evidence in this case, same may be shared with government of Pakistan“, he added. “Blame game and finger-pointing would be unhelpful”, he said. Singh said that out five, in four incidents there was an encounter and eight terrorists were killed.

Congress members stopped their protests over the Lalit Modi and Vyapam issues when the minister was making his statement, but protested vociferously after the union home minister made remarks about the previous United Progressive Alliance government’s record on dealing with terrorism.

ISLAMABAD – Spokesperson of Foreign Office Qazi M. Khalilullah said that Pakistan is capable of defending its sovereignty.

Making a formal statement in the Rajya Sabha, the home minister said the central government was committed to rooting out terrorism from the country.

“We will continue to raise our concerns whenever there is a violation of ceasefire on Line of Control or at Working Boundary”, he said.

Authorities said two police officers and three civilians had been confirmed dead in the ongoing siege in the northern state of Punjab, and at least seven more injured. It understands that no one gains anything if the talks are called off and several times in the past violations by Pakistan and its terrorists have turned out to be deal breakers.

To a series of questions about the second round of peace talks between Afghan government and the Taliban, he said that Pakistan facilitated the first round and will facilitate the next one. “Whatever extra he said, apart from the written statements, should be expunged”.

During the meeting, the adviser while noting the positive direction of ongoing cooperation between the two countries emphasized the need to further strengthen economic and trade relations between Pakistan and the US. You can not say that terror groups across the border are bad and those in the country are acceptable.

He said a decision on the NSA talks was part of “a diplomatic strategy” and would be taken by the government and the foreign ministry.