London, Aug 2 - A powerful group of British MPs expressed concern Sunday that elements within Pakistani Army and intelligence services do not share their civilian government's resolve to fight Islamic terrorists and continue to be fixated on India.
The concern expressed by the British parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee was echoed by Lord Mark Malloch-Brown, the minister of state for foreign affairs who quit his job last week citing personal and family reasons.
In a report published Sunday, the Foreign Affairs Committee also said that whereas Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari had pointed to terrorism as the main enemy of his country, 'large parts of the security establishment' of Pakistan continue to be fixated on India.
The report on Afghanistan and Pakistan commended the civilian government in Islamabad for having taken some 'important steps' to counter-insurgency at a considerable cost in terms of military lives lost.
'We welcome the increasing recognition at senior levels within the Pakistani military of the need for a recalibrated approach to militancy but we remain concerned that this may not necessarily be replicated elsewhere within the army and ISI,' it added.
The report welcomed Zardari's recent remarks that he regards terrorism rather than India the real threat to his country.