Pakistan 'helped thwart attack' in Britain before elections

Pakistan’s interior minister today said a terror attack was thwarted in Britain before the May general elections – and arrests were made in several countries – because of help from Pakistan’s government.

“Before the general elections in the UK we received reports this sort of situation might arise, and attacks were aborted because of information provided by the government of Pakistan, and arrests were made in various countries and here,” Interior Minster Aftab Khan Sherpao told a news conference in Islamabad.

He gave no specifics about the alleged plot.

Sherpao made the comments at a news conference in Islamabad to discuss the alleged role of British citizens of Pakistani origin in last week’s terror attacks in London.

He said Pakistan was fully co-operating with Britain in the current investigation.

“Whatever information, I don’t want to be specific in this case because that would not be proper at this juncture, but whatever useful information that we have we will be providing to the British government,” he said.