Obama man calls for civilian control of ISI

Islamabad on Monday continued to face pressure from the United States over the Mumbai attacks with Democratic Senator John Kerry agreeing with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that Pakistan needs to do more to combat terrorists based on its territory.

Kerry, who is considered close to US President-elect Barack Obama, suggested that Pakistan must act against the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and the leaders of such terrorist organisations. He also said Pakistan’s InterServices Intelligence should be under civilian control.

India has said that the LeT had carried out the Mumbai attacks. Delhi has also thrown hints that ISI had a hand in planning the operation.

Kerry, who is slated to be the next chairperson of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is travelling next to Islamabad and is expected to tell Pakistani leaders to take on terror groups on its territory.

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