LONDON, Feb 4: Pakistan must go “further and faster” in prosecuting those suspected of being involved in November’s attacks on the Indian city of Mumbai, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Wednesday.

Mr Miliband said that Pakistan had made positive steps on the probe since he visited the country last month, but added that those had to be “translated into prosecutions and, if people are found guilty, into punishment”.

“The absolute priority is for the Pakistani government to go further and faster in turning the detention of those who they believe were associated with the Mumbai bombings into prosecutions, and then if they’re found guilty, punishment,” Mr Miliband said while speaking at a think-tank event in London.

“That now needs to be turned into action,” he said. “That is the absolute next step, and the sooner that happens, the better.”—AFP