No action against Azhar Masood

'No action against Azhar Masood till evidence not found '

Updated on Thursday, December 04, 2008, 00:00 IST

Islamabad, Dec 04: Pakistan on Thursday said 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.

Bureau Report

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If Pak does`nt oblige india`s demand then india should impose strict sanctions against pak in every possible way like stop exporting some of the essential items from india,permit no airspace access and build dams accross the rivers so that no water flows into pakistan. -Raj - Bangalore

No proof is enough proof for pakistan if it comes from India...there is a old saying if you put a muslim in boiling water, the number of chale he gets is the number of time`s you should not trust him -Samar - Delhi

Dawood owns a number of buildings in Karachi and is said to be living in a palatial house called Moin Palace on the second floor opposite Abdullah Shah Ghazi Dargah in the posh locality of Clifton. Dawood is one among the 20 men on the list of criminals and terrorists wanted back by India from Pakistan. The Pakistan government has maintained that Dawood was not in Pakistan. ``If Dawood, who is wanted in connection with the Mumbai serial blasts along with some of the members of his family, was returned then this violence in Pakistan could significantly go down``, intelligence sources stressed. -ADDRESS OF DAWOOD - IN PAKISTAN

im mother india . oh my beloved children....what is happening to you? i thought i gave birth to brave patriots who would look after each other safety and prosperity....but what is happening to me ... our neirbours attempt to rape my purity divitnity was defeated by my most beloved sonslike Sandeep.....but more hurting was that even after having so many sibblings why was the death of my brave sons not avenged. my children do you expect our neighbour to hand over your mothers culprits to your hands...you are my children and i cant tolerate my children pleading to others like this ...go there attack the enemy bring the culprits here and chop their head put a tilak on my fore head with their blood.viijayee bhava..... -im indian - india

It is a shame on India, Indian government and indian people. Where is the need for India to plead Pak government to take action on the suspected fugitives. And what Is India going to get out of it. The present government is not going to be tough on terrorism for the fear of losing muslim votes. In this process the congress is going to lose neutral hindu votes. There is absolutely nothing the present government can do. However, two things are before the new government. One, Make things absolutely impossible for the terrorists to sneak into Indian territory. Two, contemplate some proactive counter terror activities on both Pak and Bangladesh. -Sekar - Trivandrum