Pakistan will take action against any terrorist group operating
against India from its soil and consider a request for
extraditing underworld don Dawood Ibrahim if New Delhi provides
‘‘authentic proof’‘ in this regard, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza
Gillani has said. Gillani said his government could also
consider India’s request for access to terrorist leaders like
Masood Azhar, who was released in return for safety of
passengers of Indian Airlines plane hijacked to Kandahar in
1999, if it is backed by evidence.

Rejecting India’s concerns over terrorism in Kashmir being
financed and executed by Pakistan-based groups like
Lashker-e-Taiba with the backing of the Inter-Services
Intelligence, he said, ‘‘we are already working with the whole
world against extremism and terrorism and our point of view is
extremely clear that we are against them. We have lost our own
leader (former premier) Benazir Bhutto because of (terrorism).
How can I deny that? We are fighting against terrorism,’‘
Gillani said in a TV interview.