All terror roads lead to Pakistan: Salman Rushdie

Describing Pakistan as the centre of world terrorism, renowned author Salman Rushdie has slammed Islamabad for its "cynical denial" that the terrorists involved in Mumbai attacks were not its nationals.

Participating in a panel discussion at the Asia Society, Rushdie said that the Terror attacks in Mumbai were marked by brutality by the attackers and incompetence of Government and security agencies in responding to them.

During the discussion, panellists agreed that all terrorism roads lead to Pakistan and expressed scepticism that Islamabad would dismantle the terror groups.

They said the world should send clear message to Islamabad that terrorists are becoming a liability to Pakistan and it is in its own interest to dismantle them.

The (George W) Bush administration too came in for strong criticism for considering former President Pervez Musharraf an "ally in fighting terrorism" and giving billions of dollars to it without any condition that the money should be used to fight terrorists.