“Modi strongly emphasised the need for Pakistan to take firm and immediate action against the organisations and individuals responsible for and linked to the Pathankot terrorist attack”, the statement said.
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Although India has not officially announced any dates, Indian media reports say the meeting is due to take place on 14-15 March in Islamabad.
As far as we are concerned the ball is now in the Pakistan’s court.
In a pre-dawn attack on January 2, a group of heavily- armed Pakistani terrorists, suspected to be belonging to Jaish-e-Mohammed outfit, struck at the Air Force base in Punjab.
Prime ministers Narendra Modi of India and Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan are struggling to keep their renewed dialogue on track after the militant attack killed seven Indian military personnel and wounded 22.
The attackers had done each and every exercise in a meticulously planned way and they splintered in small groups consisting of two or three when they took the position against the Defence Security Corps (DSC) men. It was becoming hard for him to negotiate peace when sections of Pakistan’s establishment continued to pursue cross border terrorism in complete disregard to his and Sharif’s overtures for peace.
Indian security agencies have been on a high alert since the attack over the weekend on the air base by six gunmen.
It was when the stage was being set for the foreign secretaries to meet this month in Islamabad that the terrorists mounted the attack on the IAF base at Pathankot.
The attackers had reportedly made several calls to Pakistan, some of them brief and some long.
However, sources in the Indian Government said that markers have been set for Pakistan to act now and all are waiting to see “if action on ground matches words” and whether the action is “credible and effective”. “The challenge of terrorism calls for strengthening our resolve to a cooperative approach”.
The Sena also said that had the Congress been in power today, there would have been demands to strike at Pakistan and avenge the deaths of soldiers, but now nothing is being done about the incident.
Congress leader Manish Tewari said the real ruler of Pakistan is General Sharif.
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“The air base is large and we have been working all night to ensure that the base is totally in our control”, Mehta said early on Monday. In recent talks with India and Pakistan at various levels, the U.S has underscored the importance of their bilateral relations in the overall stability of the region.
