Pakistan to continue fighting terrorism: Malik

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Pakistan to continue fighting terrorism: Malik

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26 October,2010 01:35 pm

Interior Minister Rehman Malik said that despite daunting challenges Pakistan would continue to fight the menace of terrorism for the sake of peace and prosperity of the world. He said that intelligence sharing would be enhanced with Britain and action would be taken against the militants jointly. He said that British PM will visit Pakistan in December. In a joint press conference with Mrs. Theresa May, British Secretary of State for Home Affairs and Women and Equality, Rehman Malik said that a Pakistan-UK task force has been formed as a long term answer to extremism. He emphasized that the British visa service for Pakistani citizens should be resumed from Islamabad as earlier, since the underlying reasons for its shifting to Abu Dhabi did not exist any more. Mrs. Theresa appreciated Pakistans efforts and its role as a bulwark against terrorism to contribute towards the regional and worlds stability.She said that her government wanted to work in a cooperative way with Pakistan on matters relating to counter-terrorism and she would like to have in-depth discussions during her recent trip to Pakistan to prepare and finalize cooperative framework on these issues before Prime Minister Camerons visit. She said that no country in the world had faced such magnitude of devastation, as did by Pakistan in the recent floods. She recalled the British government and peoples efforts to generate assistance to Pakistan for relief and rehabilitation of the flood victims. Mrs. Theresa said that her government had allocated extra funding, particularly for rehabilitation and reconstruction of damaged bridges and would continue to do so even in the future. She welcomed the Pakistan governments commitment to introduce economic reforms in the country and renewed the pledge of her government to help it in the education sector through the bilateral task force.