ISLAMABAD, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan on Friday described as "baseless" the remarks by a top British military official that Pakistan is allowing Taliban to use its soil for attacks in Afghanistan.

    Pakistan has suffered heavily in the war on terror, and it is disappointing when such baseless statements are issued which are nothing but figment of someone's imagination, a spokesman for Pakistan's Inter-Services Public Relations said in a statement.

    British Colonel Chris Vernon, Chief of Staff for Southern Afghanistan, on Friday told a British newspaper that Taliban were running their network from Quetta, provincial capital of southwestern Pakistan's Baluchistan. He said that Taliban leadership was controlling some 25 commanders from Quetta, who areactive in southern Afghanistan.

    This media projection only reflects their own inadequacy to deal with the situation and they start trumpeting irrationally when they feel the heat, the Pakistani military spokesman said.

    Instead of speaking to media, it would have been appropriate ifthe Colonel Vernon provided actionable and real time intelligence,the spokesman said.

    The Pakistani spokesman said that an excellent forum of Tripartite Commission exists for sharing intelligence and other matters related to the ongoing war on terror between Pakistan, Afghanistan, US and ISAF-NATO.

    Pakistan is committed to rooting out terrorism in all its formsand manifestation, no matter what the cost is, he said. Enditem