Islamabad can't disown Mumbai attackers now
Pakistan’s leadership will now find it difficult to deny with a straight face that the 10 seaborne jihadis who struck Mumbai were not its citizens.
By ET Bureau |
NEW DELHI: Pakistan���s leadership will now find it difficult to deny with a straight face that the 10 seaborne jihadis who struck Mumbai were not its citizens. The foreign office on Monday called the acting High Commissioner of Pakistan to South Block and handed over a letter from Ajmal Mohammad Amir Kasab seeking a meeting with the High Commission.
In his letter addressed to the Pakistan High Commission, Kasab has stated that he and the other terrorists killed in the attack were from Pakistan. Islamabad has so far been claiming that it was not sure whether Kasab belonged to Pakistan.
Last week, Pakistani leadership���s stand on Kasab was challenged by Nawaz Sharif. The former prime minister had said that the suspect���s village was cordoned off and his parents were not allowed to meet anyone. ���I have checked myself.
His (Ajmal Kasab���s) house and village has been cordoned off by the security agencies. His parents are not allowed to meet anybody. I don���t understand why it has been done,��� Mr Sharif, who hails from Punjab, told a TV channel.
But this did not prompt the Pakistani establishment from coming out of the denial mode. But the latest development will make things difficult as it will now have to take a formal position on the matter.
In his letter addressed to the Pakistan High Commission, Kasab has stated that he and the other terrorists killed in the attack were from Pakistan. Islamabad has so far been claiming that it was not sure whether Kasab belonged to Pakistan.
Last week, Pakistani leadership���s stand on Kasab was challenged by Nawaz Sharif. The former prime minister had said that the suspect���s village was cordoned off and his parents were not allowed to meet anyone. ���I have checked myself.
His (Ajmal Kasab���s) house and village has been cordoned off by the security agencies. His parents are not allowed to meet anybody. I don���t understand why it has been done,��� Mr Sharif, who hails from Punjab, told a TV channel.
But this did not prompt the Pakistani establishment from coming out of the denial mode. But the latest development will make things difficult as it will now have to take a formal position on the matter.
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