Sabkush Headlines: Pakistan should act on Headleys revelations, PM tells Obama

Sabkush Headlines: Pakistan should act on Headleys revelations, PM tells ObamaPakistan should act on Headleys revelations, PM tells Obama

Toronto: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has told US President Barack Obama that Pakistan should to act on information provided by Lashkar-e-Taiba operative David Coleman Headley in order to stop anti-India terrorist activities from its soil. Raising the issue during his meeting Sunday with Obama on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit, the prime minister said Pakistan should show its commitment to stopping anti-Indian terrorist activities to promote dialogue between the two neighbours. "They spoke about the ongoing interrogations about the activities of David Coleman Headley and said that both India and the US have mutual interest that information that is coming out of this interrogation is taken seriously by Pakistan with a view to controlling and eliminating terrorist elements on its territory," Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao told media persons here. The talks between Manmohan Singh and Obama took place two days after Indias Home Minister P. Chidambaram took up with his Pakistani counterpart New Delhis continuing concerns over terror emanating from the Pakistani territory. Headley, who changed his given name of Daood Gilani in 2006, is now in US custody and has confessed to his role in inspecting sites for the 26/11 Mumbai attack during questioning by a four-member team from Indias National Investigation Agency

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