Pakistan denies accusations

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's government has begun rallying support both at home and abroad as tension flared with old rival India after a bloody militant assault on the Indian city of Mumbai.

India said yesterday it had proof of a Pakistani link to the Mumbai attacks, raising the prospect not only of a breakdown of peace efforts between the two nations but of confrontation across their border.

Pakistan condemned the assault as a "barbaric act of terrorism" and denied any involvement by state agencies.