UK PM warns Pakistan over terror links

British Prime Minister David Cameron, currently on a three-day visit to India, has warned Pakistan that it can no longer 'look both ways', according to a report in The Times.

Not mincing his words, Cameron said, "We should be very, very clear with Pakistan that we want to see a strong, stable and democratic Pakistan. We cannot tolerate in any sense the idea that this country is allowed to look both ways and is able, in any way, to promote the export of terror, whether to India or whether to Afghanistan or anywhere else in the world."

In a veiled reference to Pakistan backing terror organistaions, Cameron said, "It should be a relationship based on a very clear message: that it is not right to have any relationship with groups that are promoting terror. Democratic states that want to be part of the developed world cannot do that. The message to Pakistan from the United States and the United Kingdom is very clear on that point."

The British premier is expected to raise the issue with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during their meeting in Delhi on Thursday.

Cameron later evaded queries on whether he was implying that Pakistan was sponsoring terrorism. He said that the country has had some success in tackling terror organisations, but needed to do much more.

The UK PM is also expected to relax the laws on sharing nuclear secrets with India after frantic lobbying by British industrialists, said the paper.