On a day Mumbai attack mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi was released, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a veiled message to Pakistan from Paris, saying no country should provide shelter to terrorists but should punish them. "There is a need for global action to deal with terrorism. All nations should commit that they will not provide shelter to terrorists but punish them," Modi said at a joint press interaction with French President Francois Hollande. Hollande said he understands anger in India over the release of a person who is responsible for such a reprehensible act. Modi and Hollande discussed the issue of terrorism in the context of recent attack in Paris and release of Lakhvi.

"The world is facing many challenges. There is an upheaval in the world and all are affected. Terror is spreading in new forms in various countries," the Prime Minister said. France suffered in Paris when terrorists struck here in January and understands India's "pain" over terrorism, he said.

"They agreed that India and France must intensify their cooperation within the framework of JWG on Counter-Terrorism, including on information and intelligence sharing on terror networks and work together to share experiences on dealing with the growing phenomenon of radicalisation," a joint statement said. "They asked officials on both sides to schedule the next meeting of the JWG on counter-terrorism at the earliest," it said.

Pakistan is a country which supports and train terrorists and also cries as a victim of terrorism to extract aid from the international community. These aid is used by the Pakistan Army and ISI to train, support and host terrorists.

By Premji