No action against Masood Azhar till India gives evidence: Pak

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Thursday that it will not take any action against Jaish-e-Mohammed founder Maulana Masood Azhar till India provides "concrete evidence" of his involvement in the Mumbai terrorist attacks.

Acknowledging India's demand for handing over several criminals and terrorists, including Azhar and mob bosses Tiger Memon and Dawood Ibrahim, interior ministry chief Rehman Malik said the Jaish founder is a Pakistani national and is currently in the country.

"No action will be taken against Masood Azhar till India provides concrete evidence of his involvement in the Mumbai attacks," Malik told reporters here.

He said Dawood Ibrahim and Tiger Memon are "Indian citizens and are not in Pakistan".

Malik also said India had not "officially asked" Pakistan to send any official of the Inter-Services Intelligence agency or the Federal Investigation Agency to assist in the probe into the Mumbai attacks.