New Delhi: India on July 8 asked the US and its allies to sustain pressure on Pakistan to end terrorism and infiltration in Jammu and Kashmir instead of rewarding it through massive financial aid.

It was ''very important for the credibility'' of the international community to keep up pressure on Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf to honour his commitment to permanently halt terrorism and take visible action in dismantling terrorist camps in his country, Foreign Secretary Kanwal Sibal said at a seminar on "India and the US: Blow Hot, Blow Cold" organised by CII.

In an obvious reference to remarks made by the Bush administration that all militant outfits were not under the control of Musharraf, he said this could give the military ruler an alibi to continue promoting cross-border terrorism.

''If interpreted in this way, it will give Musharraf a lot of room to play with ambiguities, allow him room to continue the policy pursued in the past and say that terrorism that occurs is outside his control. This would give him the alibi he needs,'' the new Foreign Secretary said.

Sibal regretted that instead of putting pressure on Pakistan, it was being rewarded to the tune of $ 8 billion coming from World Bank, ADB, EU, IMF and other quarters.

Deprecating the US and some other countries for travel advisories asking their nationals to defer visits to India, he said there was a ''total disconnect'' in the prevailing situation and the perception created in world capitals of a possible Indo- Pak nuclear conflict.

PTI