‘Trump will clear bill to declare Pakistan a terror state’

NEW DELHI: US President elect will approve a Congress bill to declare Pakistan a terror state when the legislation reaches him in what would be a shot in arm for India’s anti-terror narrative, said Shalabh Kumar, a key Indian-origin member of Donald Trump’s advisory council and prominent businessman.

“President Trump and PM Narendra Modi will undoubtedly share a good chemistry. The India-US partnership is expected to touch new heights under Trump Presidency.

“A key step that the new president is expected to take is to give assent to the US Congress bill that has been introduced in the House to declare Pakistan a terror state when the legislation reaches him,” Kumar told ET in an exclusive interaction over phone from USA days after the presidential polls.

Two influential US Congressmen for the first time ever introduced a legislation to designate Pakistan as a terror state by the administration in Washington last September. Congressman Ted Poe, the Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Terrorism, along with Congressman Dana Rohrabacher introduced the ‘Pakistan State Sponsor of Terrorism Designation Act’ in the House on Tuesday.

The legislation calls on the US administration to provide a report on designation of Pakistan as a state sponsor of terrorism.