Britain today asked Pakistan for effective trial of seven suspects arrested in connection with the Mumbai attacks and to punish them if found guilty. British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said that seven people are now on trial is significant and important. He was addressing a joint news conference with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi in Islamabad.<br/><br/>He said, the trial needs to be seen through in a full way. Mr Miliband said there is no point in denying that the Mumbai attacks are a very significant setback for all those who hoped for closer cooperation between India and Pakistan. He added that there is a strong commitment on the part of the governments of both countries to pursue better relations.<br/><br/>The Foreign Secretary averted several pointed questions from the Pakistani media about pressure purportedly being applied on Islamabad by New Delhi by allegedly cutting off river waters and talk of a war under a nuclear overhang.<br/><br/>He recalled that when he visited Pakistan in January 2009 in the wake of the Mumbai attacks, he had said that Pakistani authorities needed to move farther and faster in tackling the roots of those attacks because they were not just murderous in themselves but they were a grave danger to the cooperation between India and Pakistan.<br/><br/>Seven suspects — Lashker-e-Taiba operations commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, Zarar Shah, Hamad Amin Sadiq, Abu al-Qama, Shahid Jamil Riaz, Younas Anjum and Jamil Ahmed were last year charged by an anti-terrorism court for planning and helping execute the assault on India's financial hub in November 2008. Last week, the court rejected their application for acquittal.