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Pakistan PM reveals terrorists channeling funds through Sri Lanka

by hussain | September 7, 2009 at 03:54 am

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The terrorists active in Pakistan are channelling funds through Sri Lanka, Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has disclosed, quoting the Sri Lankan president. He said that Pakistani interior ministry would contact the Sri Lankan government to get further details in this regard and coordinate efforts to bust the terrorist gangs.

ISLAMABAD: Reiterating the resolve to root out terrorism, Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Sunday disclosed that terrorists were being financed through Sri Lanka.
Talking to media at Al-Shifa International Hospital after inquiring after the health of Minister for Religious Affairs Hamid Saeed Kazmi, Prime Minister Gilani said he was told during his recent meeting with the Sri Lankan president in Libya that the terrorists were being financed through Sri Lanka. He said the Sri Lankan president offered him to share the information that could even lead to break the networks of the terrorists.
The Associated Press of Pakistan, the state-run news agency, Gilani said the Sri Lankan president gave him clues linking elements in his country with terrorism incidents in Pakistan, including the attack on Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore.