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Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani says Indian leaders must not blame his country for this week's deadly terror attacks in Mumbai. And in an unprecedented¹ move, he has agreed to send the chief of Pakistan's top spy agency to India to help investigate the violence. Ayaz Gul reports from Islamabad.
　

Yousuf Raza Gilani (File)

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani telephoned his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh on Friday to tell him that Pakistan wants better relations with India and is ready to fully² cooperate to fight terrorism.

He told reporters that Pakistan is not behind the attacks in the Indian commercial capital of Mumbai and condemns⁴ such acts of terrorism because Pakistan itself is under attack from extremist forces.

Mr. Gilani says that his Indian counterpart told him that a preliminary investigation⁵ has linked attackers to the Pakistani city of Karachi. At the request of the Indian leader, the Pakistani prime minister says he has agreed to send the head of the country's top spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence or ISI, to India for sharing information.

"He [Prime Minister Singh] said that we have held a preliminary investigation and in preliminary investigation they said there are some indications the [attackers] from Karachi [southern port city of Pakistan]," he said. "We know that Pakistan is not involved but at the same time they wanted cooperation from the ISI. When we are not involved and we have nothing to hide why should we feel guilty about it?"

Indian authorities suspect that extremists belonging to Pakistani militant⁶ groups, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad, are behind the attacks in Mumbai. The two outlawed⁷ al-Qaida-linked organizations have a long history of launching suicide missions and other attacks against targets in India allegedly with the help of the Pakistani spy agency, the ISI.

But leaders in Islamabad have denied these allegations and say Pakistani security forces are making all possible efforts to discourage militancy⁸.

The country has seen relentless⁹ attacks on security forces particularly in Pakistan's northwest and cities across the country. Officials say the violence is meant to discourage the government's anti-terror campaign.

But critics say that elements within the Pakistani intelligence agency, ISI, may still have links with some of the jihadi groups. Defense¹⁰ analyst¹¹ Ayesha Siddiqa welcomes the government's decision to send the spy agency's chief to India, saying no militant group at home must be spared.

"I think this is a time that besides [ISI chief] going to India and discussing it with the counterparts there, I think what we need to do at our end is also carry out an investigation and make sure that these groups, which are bothering Pakistan - forget about India or any other country - terribly, should be eliminated," she said.

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari also spoke¹² to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday to condemn³ the attacks in Mumbai and blamed "non-state actors" for the bloodshed.

1 unprecedented   

adj.无前例的，新奇的

参考例句：

• The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
• A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。

2 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

3 condemn   

vt.谴责，指责；宣判(罪犯)，判刑

参考例句：

• Some praise him,whereas others condemn him.有些人赞扬他，而有些人谴责他。
• We mustn't condemn him on mere suppositions.我们不可全凭臆测来指责他。

4 condemns   

v.（通常因道义上的原因而）谴责( condemn的第三人称单数 )；宣判；宣布…不能使用；迫使…陷于不幸的境地

参考例句：

• Her widowhood condemns her to a lonely old age. 守寡使她不得不过着孤独的晚年生活。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The public opinion condemns prostitution. 公众舆论遣责卖淫。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

6 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

7 outlawed   

宣布…为不合法（outlaw的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• Most states have outlawed the use of marijuana. 大多数州都宣布使用大麻为非法行为。
• I hope the sale of tobacco will be outlawed someday. 我希望有朝一日烟草制品会禁止销售。

8 militancy   

n.warlike behavior or tendency

参考例句：

• Full of militancy and revolutionary ardour, the people of all nationalities in the country are working hard for the realization of the four modernizations. 全国各族人民意气风发， 斗志昂扬，为实现四个现代化而奋战。
• The seniority system is another factor that leads to union militancy. 排资论辈制度也是导致工会好斗争的另一因素。

9 relentless   

adj.残酷的，不留情的，无怜悯心的

参考例句：

• The traffic noise is relentless.交通车辆的噪音一刻也不停止。
• Their training has to be relentless.他们的训练必须是无情的。

10 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

11 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

12 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。