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Pakistan 'terror' comments backlash continues

2010-08-02 68 Dailymotion

<p><br /> Britain's High Commissioner has been summoned by the Pakistan government over criticial comments made by David Cameron.<br /> </p><p><br /> Adam Thomson has been called to meet foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi.<br /> </p><p><br /> The Prime Minister has sparked fury with remarks during a trip to regional rival India last week.<br /> </p><p><br /> He suggested elements in Pakistan were "looking both ways" on Islamist violence and "promoting the export of terror".<br /> </p><p><br /> His remark was widely interpreted as a response to the leak of thousands of secret documents on the Afghan conflict, which included numerous allegations of collusion between Pakistan's intelligence agency, the ISI and the Taliban.<br /> </p><p><br /> It has prompted anger on the streets of Karachi where an effigy of the premier was burnt by protestors.<br /> </p><p><br /> A visit by agents of Pakistan's ISI intelligence agency to the UK for talks with British security officers has been cancelled.<br /> </p><p><br /> The comments are set to be back on the agenda on Tuesday as Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari visits London.<br /> </p><p><br /> He is meeting David Cameron at his country retreat Chequers where he is set to be corrected by Zardari for his "misconception".<br /> </p>

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