New Delhi: Asking the world community to stall the financial channels of terrorist
outfits, Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission K C Pant on January 22 sought "de-
radicalisation" of Pakistan, which had become the "epicentre" of global terrorism.
"Just as Japan was de-militarised and Germany de-Nazified, Pakistan would also have
to be de-radicalised. The mindset of the decision-makers and Pakistanis at large
would need to change," he told the International Parliamentary Conference session on
combating terrorism.
"The Americans should consider tackling the root of the problem and not just its
manifestation in Pakistan," Pant said, adding that unless the "source of terrorism"
was not neutralised, the problem will not end.
Unless the training camps run by Pakistani intelligence agencies and fundamentalist
parties are not neutralised, the problem would not disappear, he said.
"Terrorism will continue to be produced at the factories run across the border in
Pak-occupied Kashmir. They will continue to attack Indian interests as they have
done for so long but will eventually turn on the West once again," the deputy
chairman said.
PTI
