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Spokesman says Pak embassy in London gathering details regarding arrests of certain Pakistani nationals in Britain
By Sajjad Malik
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has not received any credible intelligence report about the presence of Al Qaeda leadership inside its borders, Foreign Office (FO) spokesman Abdul Basit said on Thursday.
"We have not come across any authentic intelligence which would indicate that Al Qaeda leadership is in Pakistan, and we do not attach importance to speculations," Basit said in a weekly briefing.
He said the United States drone attacks might have achieved certain tactical gains but they were largely counterproductive and in violation of Pakistan's sovereignty. "We cannot condone these attacks," he said.
Basit said the next Pak-Afghan-US meeting would be held in Washington in May and Pakistan would raise the issue of drone attacks again.
By Sajjad Malik
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has not received any credible intelligence report about the presence of Al Qaeda leadership inside its borders, Foreign Office (FO) spokesman Abdul Basit said on Thursday.
"We have not come across any authentic intelligence which would indicate that Al Qaeda leadership is in Pakistan, and we do not attach importance to speculations," Basit said in a weekly briefing.
He said the United States drone attacks might have achieved certain tactical gains but they were largely counterproductive and in violation of Pakistan's sovereignty. "We cannot condone these attacks," he said.
Basit said the next Pak-Afghan-US meeting would be held in Washington in May and Pakistan would raise the issue of drone attacks again.
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