Pakistan's president yesterday said he would not allow Uzbek terrorists to use his country's territory to launch attacks on the ex-Soviet nation. Radical groups that the government have linked to Al-Qaeda have targeted Uzbekistan in recent years. More than 50 people died last year. One group, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, is believed to have found shelter in Pakistan's largely lawless border areas. Visiting Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf signed an agreement with this ex-Soviet country on fighting terrorism. "I have assured President (Islam Karimov) that Pakistan will not allow the use of its soil by any terrorists from Uzbekistan ... and we will act against them," Musharraf said during a visit to the Uzbek capital Tashkent. Musharraf also signaled that Pakistan would be ready to extradite any alleged Uzbek terrorists captured in Pakistan. "We ought to have a very effective extradition treaty which will ensure an institutional arrangement on extraditing any terrorists from each other's countries to our respective countries," he said. Uzbekistan last year saw a series of attacks that killed more than 50 people that authorities blamed on radical groups based in Pakistan.