Blair warns Pakistan to rein in militants

Blair warns Pakistan to rein in militants

LONDON: British Prime Minister Tony Blair categorically told the press on Tuesday that it was Pakistan's prime responsibility to rein in seminaries teaching extremism and militancy.

The prime minister vowed to use "all measures to root out terrorism" and said that laws would be made to tackle the menace of terrorism. He said that the new anti-terrorism laws would be reviewed at every level so that human freedom was not restricted.

He said that he supported giving police expanded powers of detention under the proposed changes to anti-terrorist laws in the wake of the London bombings. "I think it's perfectly reasonable for us in circumstances of great difficulty to have a greater detention in order to interrogate people who are suspected of doing this," he told reporters.

Blair said that there was no justification whatsoever for suicide bombing anywhere in the world. "There is no justification for suicide bombing whether in Palestine, Iraq, London, Egypt, Turkey, United States of America or anywhere. There is no justification for it, period," he told journalists.