Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Thursday publicly clashed with Brown, who on Sunday urged Islamabad to hunt down al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and his deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri, still at large eight years after the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States. "I don't think that Osama bin Laden is in Pakistan," Gilani said.
"We have a good intelligence and defence co-operation with the United States," he said, adding that "if there is any credible or actionable information that can be shared with Pakistan", it should be forthcoming. Gilani also disputed Brown's oft-repeated claim that more than two thirds of the terror plots against Britain have roots in Pakistan.
"I don't agree with this information," he said. "There have been Uzbeks, Chechens, Arabs, Taliban from Afghanistan... therefore we are fighting with everybody but we have been very successful. "Most of them now they are not in Pakistan. They might be in Afghanistan. Therefore I think we are extremely successful in handling the situation."
At Thursday's talks at his Downing Street office, Brown pledged more money for Pakistan's efforts in its border regions. "The international community expects much of Pakistan," Brown said, adding "What we've all got to do is work together (and) step up our efforts. "This is your fight, but it's also Britain's fight."
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