Islamabad: Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair called up Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Friday and thanked him for the "valuable help" provided in busting the international terror network," said a statement from Islamabad foreign office.
It said the intelligence cooperation and coordination at the international level, which helped, get to the "bottom" of this case is continuing.
"These efforts are in keeping with Pakistan's strong commitment to fight international terrorism," it added.
Earlier, a Pakistani official said two Britons of Pakistan origin were arrested last week in an combined operation with England and United States governments that helped foil a plot to bomb UK flights to US but declined to disclose their names.
"Two arrests were made last week in a coordinated operation with the British and American intelligence agencies. Both were British nationals of Pakistani descent. One was arrested from Karachi while the other was picked up from Lahore," sources said.
The official, however, declined to reveal whether the arrested British nationals have been handed over to Britain for interrogation.
Apparently a team of British intelligence officials visited Karachi few days ago to further the investigations.
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