| Shut down all the ISI pet jihadi organizations, and change your school curricula to remove jihad and Islam ueber alles nonsense, and then we'll talk, Prime Minister Gillani. |
President Barack Obama has announced new terrorist watch list guidelines and other security upgrades after a Nigerian man allegedly attempted to detonate a bomb on a Detroit-bound plane on Christmas Day.
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was expected to make his first court appearance in the US on Friday, charged with the attempted murder of 290 people and five other counts.
The 14 countries include the four on the US state department's terrorism list - Cuba, Iran, Syria and Sudan - and 10 "countries of interest" including Pakistan, Afghanistan, Algeria, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and Yemen.
Gillani said such policies cause consternation and anxiety among the people of Pakistan and that they could negatively impact bilateral ties.
The prime minister also expressed concern over a delay in coalition funding to Pakistan and said it was affecting its campaign against terrorism.
Gillani said the cost of fighting terrorism had surpassed 35 billion dollars in the past eight years.
| Not close to what your countrymen have cost the rest of the world, my dear. |
Senator John McCain paid tribute to the prime minister and the government for their commitment to defeat terrorism and lauded Pakistan Armed Forces' successes in the Malakand and South Waziristan operations on the border of Afghanistan.