Pakistan strongly reacts to statement of Mullen

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday reacting strongly to the statement of US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen regarding right to attack Pakistan said no body has the right to take action inside Pakistan in the war against terrorism. "Pakistan has once again clarified that on Pakistan side of the border along Afghanistan it is the Pakistani troops who have the sole responsibility to take action against the terrorists," said Foreign Office Spokesman Muhammad Sadiq in his weekly briefing. The US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen said on Wednesday that the United States had the right to take military action in Pakistan if it got reliable and concrete intelligence about the presence of top leadership of Taliban and Al-Qaeda, including Osama bin Laden. Commenting on the statement of Admiral Mike Mullen the Spokesman said Pakistan has a clear position on the military action - on the Afghan side of the border, the Afghan national army (ANA), ISAF and US army could take whatever action they want against the terrorists. He said that on the Pakistani side of the border it is the Pakistani troops who have the sole responsibility to take action. The spokesman also referred to the Statement of Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher while addressing the press on Wednesday in which Boucher clarified that it is the responsibility of Pakistani troops to take action against the terrorists inside Pakistan.