Pakistan vowed on Sunday it would not be deterred by al Qaeda threats of further attacks after the terror group claimed responsibility for an assassination attempt on Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz.
"It strengthens our resolve to continue our fight against terrorism," military spokesman Major General Shaukat Sultan told AFP.
He said al Qaeda's claim of responsibility for the suicide bomb attack on Aziz on Friday, confirmed Pakistan's assessment the group was involved in terrorist acts in the country.
"It only confirms our assessment of their involvement," he said referring to the third attempt on Pakistani leaders in recent months blamed on al Qaeda-linked militants.
Information Minister Sheikh Rashid said the attacks on the president's motorcade in Rawalpindi and the attempt on Aziz's life could be interlinked.
"One can say there is a possibility that they are interlinked," Rashid told AFP.
A militant group calling itself 'Al-Islambouli Brigades, al Qaeda organisation' posted a statement on a website claiming responsibility for Friday's attack.
The purported group is named after Khaled al-Islambouli, an army officer who assassinated Egyptian president Anwar Sadat during a military parade in 1981.
Shaukat Sultan said these threats would not weaken Pakistan's resolve.
"Pakistan will continue its fight against terrorism. We will fight it out."
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