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Govt readying white paper on ISI: Advani

Union Home Minister L K Advani today said in the Lok Sabha that the government was preparing a white paper on the subversive activities of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence in India. Replying to supplementaries during question hour, he assured the House that the government would bring it before Parliament at an appropriate time.

He told Adhir Chaudhury that the overstaying and disappearance of Pakistan nationals entering the country with valid visas was causing concern to the government. The home minister pointed out that the Centre's rules relating to immigration were delegated to the states for implementation. This often led to delays and discrepancies in monitoring the movements of Pak nationals entering on valid visas.

Advani said he had taken up with the West Bengal home minister the problem in the state of the disappearance of a large number of visiting Pak nationals. He feared that these Pak nationals were sponsored by the ISI and were behind the subversive activities in the eastern states.

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