'However, we further conclude that doubts remain as to whether the underlying fundamentals of Pakistani security policy have changed sufficiently to realise the goals of long-term security and stability in Afghanistan,' it added.

Lord Mark Malloch-Brown offered a similar view to the committee.

He said, 'We are convinced that [the ISI] is on board institutionally, and that the leaderships of both the army and the ISI are supportive of the president and his strategy, which is reflected through the meetings that we have had with (Chief of Army Staff) General Kayani.'

'There is a difficulty, that within the ISI there may remain individuals who have some sympathy with these groups,' said Malloch-Brown, a respected minister.

The Foreign Affairs Committee said, 'President Zardari's comments at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (in June) as well as his recent remarks to the effect that terrorism, not India, was now seen by Pakistan as the greater threat, while welcome, do not dispel the suspicion that a large part of his country's security establishment continues to be fixated on India and on the possibility of a future military conflict between the two countries.'