UK PM says he is not averse to sending Musharraf back to Pakistan
April 5th, 2011 - 6:22 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Apr. 5 (ANI): Visiting British Prime Minister David Cameron has said that his government is not averse to sending former president Pervez Musharraf back to Pakistan if a formal request is made by Islamabad.
Describing the bond between the UK and Pakistan as “unbreakable” as he announced 650 million pound worth of aid for education, Cameron said that he was aware that Musharraf was wanted in Pakistan in connection with the 2007 Benazir Bhutto assassination case.
Currently, Britain and Pakistan do not have an extradition treaty.
Referring to the aid for the promotion of education, Cameron said that the money, to be spent over the next four years, would be used to build or refurbish more than 8,000 schools, train 90,000 teachers and get an extra four million children to school.
According to a Sky News report, some 17 million children in Pakistan do not attend school and half the population - which is forecast to double the current 173 million by 2050 - is illiterate.
Cameron also said that Britain intends to increase trade with Pakistan from the current 1.9 billion pounds to 2.5 billion pounds per year.
At a media conference in Islamabad, Cameron said: “It is in our interest that Pakistan succeeds. By putting money directly into education and helping to educate four million children is an investment for Britain to do our bit to make sure Pakistan is a success. A trading success, an economic success… and a country that we can work with in the future.”Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani said: “I think the root cause of terrorism and extremism is illiteracy. Therefore we are giving a lot of importance to education.” (ANI)
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