Advani asks Pakistan to hand over 20 terrorists to open new chapter

He said the terrorist attacks like that on the residence of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed in Srinagar on Friday would not affect the Government's resolve to achieve victory over terrorism.

"A new chapter can be opened in Indo-Pak relations if Islamabad hands over Dawood Ibrahim and other 19 terrorists whose list has been given to Pakistan last year," Advani said while inaugurating the silver jubilee celebrations of Antar-Rashtriya Sahyog Parishad in New Delhi.

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Pointing out that the US Government had declared Dawood as a "global terrorist", he said the External Affairs Ministry had again asked Pakistan to comply with India's demand of handing over the 20 terrorists.

"Pakistan should think. It should either shun the path (of sponsoring terrorism) or the way the world is reacting, it would be treated as a pariah," he said, adding, "Some countries are saying it, some others are not saying, yet they feel it can be useful to them."

"We have to achieve victory over terrorism on our own strength but we want to make the world understand that no country is immune to the threat," he said.