US urged to give anti-terror equipment

NEW YORK - Pakistan would like the US to build its capacity by providing the necessary equipment and means to combat terrorists holed up in the Pak-Afghan border region, a Pakistani Embassy spokesman said on Friday.

Responding to questions about the increasing unilateral US strikes inside Pak territory, he said such attacks were counter-productive. ‘A better-equipped Pakistan would be able to deal with the insurgents on its own’, he added..

The spokesman, who was briefing reporters at the end of President Asif Ali Zardari’s visit here, said that the desired objectives in both bilateral and multilateral fields had been accomplished. ‘It was a low-cost visit, with a very good yield’, he stressed.

The President arrived on Tuesday to lead the Pakistan delegation to the UN General Assembly’s high level meeting on Culture of Peace. The two-day meeting ended Thursday night after unanimously adopting a declaration, sponsored by Pakistan and the Philippines, which rejected religious terrorism and killing of innocent civilians.