Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said, Pakistan is experiencing Mumbai-like attacks almost every other day, therefore it is difficult to say that there wouldn't be any more terrorist hits in India. <br/><br/>Gilani was quoted by a source in the media in Islamabad as having told visiting US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates. He said the best safeguard against such incidents is declining the bilateral peace process from action against terrorism. <br/><br/>The Dawn newspaper reported that the Pakistan Prime Minister told Gates about steps taken against militant groups, saying they had been outlawed and their network disrupted. <br/><br/>In an apparent reference to Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, accused by India of masterminding the Mumbai attacks, Gilani said his government could not prosecute anyone without evidence. <br/><br/>He also sought even-handedness by the US in its dealings with Pakistan and India. An official statement issued by the Prime Minister's office said Pakistan-India relations had figured in Gilani's discussions with Gates. <br/><br/>The statement quoted Gilani as saying that Pakistan is committed to peace in the region and, in this context, his government is making sincere efforts to resume the composite dialogue process with India. <br/><br/>While in India, Gates had warned that Pakistan-based militants with links to al-Qaeda are planning strikes in India with the hope that retaliation would lead to a new conflict between the two countries. <br/><br/>Gates also said that New Delhi might not show restraint as it had after the Mumbai attacks in 2008. India put the composite dialogue with Pakistan on hold in the wake of the Mumbai attacks. <br/><br/>It has linked the resumption of the peace process to Pakistan taking action against the perpetrators of the terrorist assault.
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