Pakistan seeks information of terror risk to Elections of India

Islamabad said Saturday it had sought details from India on the perceived terrorist threat to its general elections.

'We have made a request to the Indian government for intelligence sharing so that all necessary steps could be taken,' Interior Minister Rehman Malik said at a press conference, noting that Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had spoken of the threat.

He sharp out that it was for the Indian administration to provide information about the threat. 'We are facing a common enemy,' Geo TV quoted Malik as saying.

'If you give us an opportunity at the centre, I will prove that the 21st century belongs to India just as the 20th century was dominated by western countries,' the veteran leader told the well-attended rally.

'We don't want recurrence of incidents like the Mumbai attacks,' Malik added. Dr. Manmohan Singh's remarks had come during an interaction with women journalists in New Delhi Friday.

Obama wants to visit India early with his family: Dr. Manmohan Singh

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh said Friday USA President Barack Obama had told him that he was keen to visit India early with his family, his wife Michelle Obama and tow daughters and build on the improving relationship with this country.

In his communication with women journalists Friday, Dr. Manmohan Singh spoke about his meeting with the US president on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in London last week.

'From my 45 minutes with Obama, my impression was that he was very clearly interested in India. He wants to improve relations with India and build on the strong ties between the two countries for the last several years,' he said.

The prime minister Dr. Singh said that Obama wished to come to India 'very early' with his wife, Michelle Obama. 'In fact, he said that he wants wants to bring his two daughters with him,' he said.

'Judging by my conversation I look forward to a very fruitful relation with him,' Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh said.

Barack Obama and Manmohan Singh at G20 summit

Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and U.S. President Barack Obama Thursday held their first joint talks and agreed to build up strategic partnership in all areas, including fighting terrorism.

During the talks, Dr. Manmohan Singh made clear that Pakistan must show total honesty in bringing the perpetrators of the Mumbai attack to book before the talks can be resumed between the two countries.

'We discussed development in Afghanistan and Pakistan. We both agreed that our two countries must work together to counter the forces of terror,' Manmohan Singh replied when asked about his first meeting with President Obama on the sidelines of the G20 summit here.

'We have a international considered partnership with the US. We both have agreed that there are enormous opportunities to strengthen this relationship and to make it more fruitful and strong.'

He described the discussion as 'useful and fruitful' that focused on development of joint relations and how problems of the region can be resolved by interaction between the two countries.

Apart from the global financial condense, the two leaders discussed the entire group of bilateral, regional and global issues, including terrorism, energy security, climate change and the situation in Pakistan and Afghanistan.