Pakistan holds the key to present crisis:
Pakistan holds the key to the present crisis and the best way to salvage Pakistani democracy and to prevent a slide towards war between two nuclear powers, is for Islamabad to shut down Lashkar-e-Tayyaba and similar organisations ``swiftly, permanently and verifiably'', said an editorial in a US newspaper on Tuesday.
Pakistan is facing a ``mortal threat'' from internal militancy, UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said.