Pakistan action urged on Mumbai

The attacks on Mumbai have severely strained Pakistan-India relations

Pakistan has a primary responsibility to act against the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks, UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said.

Links could clearly be traced to Pakistan-based group Lashkar-e-Taiba, he said on his visit to India.

But he said he did not believe that the attacks had been "directed by the Pakistani state".

During his trip Mr Miliband is expected to deliver a speech at the Taj Palace hotel, one of the Mumbai attack sites.

More than 170 people died when 10 gunmen attacked multiple locations in Mumbai (Bombay) on 26 November.

'Official agencies'

Mr Miliband was speaking in the Indian capital, Delhi, where he met Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee.

Mr Mukherjee said that India had stressed the need for concerted international pressure on Pakistan.

India says all 10 gunmen were from Lashkar-e-Taiba. Relations with Pakistan are under severe strain.

Pakistan admitted last week that the only surviving gunman - Mohammed Ajmal Amir Qasab - was a Pakistani citizen.

Earlier this month, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that because of the "sophistication and military precision of the attack it must have had the support of some official agencies in Pakistan".

Pakistan rejected Mr Singh's allegations and accused India of raising regional tension. Islamabad and Lashkar-e-Taiba have both denied any role.