US to ask UN for sanctions against Pak terror agents
According to reports, the US will be sending a list of names of prominent Pakistanis for sanctions, to add to the pressure on Islamabad to take action against terror groups.
By TNN |
WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI: International pressure on Pakistan is mounting by the day. Hameed Gul, the most controversial ISI chief who accelerated the transformation of Pakistan into a sponsor of terror and is close to al Qaida chief Osama bin Laden and Taliban, may not be given up to India, but it is likely the UN will impose sanctions on him for his links with jihadis.
According to reports, the US will be sending a list of names of prominent Pakistanis for sanctions, to add to the pressure on Islamabad to take action against terror groups.
The Pakistan terror rogues��� gallery includes members like Lt Gen Javed Nasir, another former chief of the ISI, who, it is said, installed the first mujahideen government in Afghanistan under Sibghatullah Mojadedi, and thereafter became the progenitor of the Taliban.
Also on the list are Zafirul Islam Abbasi, who reportedly collaborated with Pakistani extremists to launch the J&K insurgency in 1989, after being expelled as military attache in 1988, and a former army chief. Although there is no confirmation, it���s likely this army chief is General Mirza Aslam Beg, who is close to Osama and the head of Pakistan���s nuclear Wal-Mart , A Q Khan.
WAYS TO DEAL WITH PAK
Squeeze Pakistan���s funds by making IMF bailout conditional on it taking visible and verifiable action against terror groups and entities. Clamp down on hawala funds
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Treat Pak as ���unfriendly state��� and take economic, military steps to address its hostility and erode its terror infrastructurePrepare for long-term covert operations to decapitate Pak���s terror network from the Indian, Afghan and Iranian ends
Keep peace process on ut rejig drastically. Start by dismantling the farce of the joint anti-terror mechanism.
Build strong border defences. Replace ���irrelevant��� borders with ���impregnable��� frontiers with Pakistan, Bangladesh
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