In a blunt message to Islamabad in the wake of the Mumbai attacks, British Premier Gordon Brown said on Sunday that "time has come for action" against terrorists operating from the soil of this country as he revealed that the 3/4th of the terror plots investigated by the UK had links to al-Qaeda and Pakistan.

Making a visit to Islamabad shortly after an unscheduled trip to India, Brown, who met President Asif Ali Zardari, also offered a comprehensive pact to Pakistan for controlling terrorism and extremism.

Britain has asked both India and Pakistan to question suspects arrested in connection with the Mumbai attacks, Brown said at a joint press conference with Zardari.

The British Premier, who met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Delhi, said Zardari has assured him of taking further action to clamp down on terrorists involved in the Mumbai attacks.

"Time has come for action, not words," Brown said, adding that the action needed to be taken because what happened in the "mountains" of Afghanistan and Pakistan affected the cities of Britain.

He said that the 3/4th of the terror plots investigated by the UK had links to al-Qaeda and Pakistan.

Earlier, Brown said in New Delhi that the outrageous attacks in Mumbai were carried out by Lashkar-e-Taiba and made it clear that Islamabad will have a "great deal to answer for"Zardari denied that Pakistan was appeasing India by cracking down on terrorists and said his country was committed to fighting the menace anywhere in the world.

He said he was the personal victim of terrorism, referring to the assassination of his wife, former Premier Benazir Bhutto, in December last year in a gun-and-suicide attack.

The Pakistan President said the Mumbai terror attacks [Images] presented an opportunity for Pakistan to work with India to fight the scourge.

Terrorists in Pakistan planning over 20 attacks on Britain, says Gordon Brown

More than twenty serious terrorist plots to stage attacks in Britain are being planned in Pakistan, Gordon Brown said.

By James Kirkup in Islamabad
Last Updated: 9:49AM GMT 14 Dec 2008

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Mr Brown meets with the Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari in Islamabad

The Prime Minister named Pakistan as a haven for terrorists planning attacks in Britain, revealing that around three quarters of the most advanced plots monitored by MI5 are have Pakistani links.

Officials say that the Security Service is aware of around 30 serious plots at any given moment, suggesting that at least 21 of them are tied to Pakistani groups.

On a visit to Islamabad, the Prime Minister delived a blunt demand to President Ali Asif Zardari to improve his goverment's work to prevent al-Qaeda and other groups operating in the lawless area that borders Afghanistan.

"The time has come for action not words," Mr Brown told Mr Zardari.

At a press conference, Mr Brown revealed that he had told Mr Zardari that "three quarters of the most serious plots investigated by the British authorities have links to al-Qaeda in Pakistan".

Many known terrorists including Mohammed Siddique Khan, ringleader of the 7/7 bombings, are known to have trained at al-Qaeda inspired camps in the Pakistani border areas.

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