`We are totally against all kinds of terrorism and will like to mobilise international public opinion against Pakistan-backed Islamic terrorism and raise the issue at different international fora like the United Nations,' Vajpayee told mediapersons here.

`This issue has already been taken up and discussed by the UN general assembly and India was seriously considering to raise it again,' he said while replying to a question whether India would ask the international community to declare Pakistan a terrorist state.

The Prime Minister said the government had reports of `ISI's designs to create an independent Islamic state in the North-East comprising Assam and some other areas.'

Vajpayee asserted the government would firmly deal with stepped-up terrorist activities and recent attacks on militarycamps by Pak-backed militants in Jammu and Kashmir and other parts of the country and ensure `these activities do not escalate'.

`The government is committed to effectively check and contain such activities in Jammu and Kashmir,' Vajpayee said.

After its humiliating defeat in Kargil, Pakistan was backing Islamic militants in Kashmir valley and at the same time talking of a dialogue with India,' he said, reiterating, `we are not going to negotiate with Pakistan unless it stops terrorist activities'.

Earlier, addressing a school function, Vajpayee accused Pakistan of having imposed war on India and warned he would not hesitate to use force to establish peace.

The PM told mediapersons at the Raj Bhawan that the Subhramanyam committee, set up to probe intrusion of Pakistani forces in Kargil, would fix accountability on possible lapses and also go into the intelligence failure, if any.

The government was in favour of early submission of the report by the committee and once this was done, the guilty wouldbe brought to book, Vajpayee said.

`We have already punished some officers who were prima facie found responsible for the intrusion of heavily-armed Pak-backed militants in Kargil sector,' he said.

The PM denied that India had given `free passage' to intruders from Kargil and asserted they were pushed out by `our' valiant jawans.

`Free passage is given only after entering into an agreement and a route is designated. But we have not done that and the intruders were only pushed away from the heights they had captured during the conflict.'

Vajpayee denied that there was any pressure on India after Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and President Bill Clinton reached an agreement on withdrawal of Pakistani forces from Kargil.

`Clinton spoke to me on phone only to convey that he was going to tell Sharif to vacate the Kargil sector,' Vajpayee said, adding whatever transpired on this issue was between Clinton and Sharif and India was in no way associated with US-Pakistan bilateral talks.