| Pakistan and Britain have signed an extradition treaty to facilitate the exchange of persons wanted in acts of terror and other crimes, diplomatic sources said. The two countries have been working on the wordings of the treaty for months but they speeded up this process in the aftermath of the 7/7 terrorist attacks in London, government sources said. It was soon after the London blasts that the two sides agreed to give final touches to the extradition treaty, they said, adding that Britain wanted suspects with links to the London bombs handed over to the British authorities. The recent unannounced visit of Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri to London played a key role in the finalization of the extradition treaty, a source said, adding that in the next few days the Cabinets of the two countries would ratify it. |