Kasab’s Statement in India Held Inadmissible in Pakistan

On March 9, 2010, the Lahore High Court Rawalpindi Bench declared as inadmissible the confessional statement of Ajmal Kasab recorded in India against Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the mastermind of the Mumbai attack. This strengthens Lakhvi’s case and makes it more difficult for the Government now to convict him. In their judgment on a writ petition [...]

Is Pakistan Acting under Foreign Pressure?

On Jan 15, 2009, Pakistan’s Interior Minister in a press conference announced an additional clamp on certain mujahideen groups, particularly those accused by India for involvement in the Mumbai carnage. Better late than never! But the question is that why did the Government take so long to take this step: almost 50 days. It should [...]

Ajmal Amir Kasab Points to Pakistan Connection

There’s a crucial difference between investigations into all previous terrorist strikes in India and the one on the attacks on Mumbai. This time, a wealth of information has become quickly available to the security set-up and the police investigators. And key to this is a young man, now identified as Ajmal Amir Kasab, the one [...]

Salman Rushdie: World is at Crossroad after 26/11

The Booker prize winner Salman Rushdie – a self-described “Bombay Boy” has spoken out for the first time since the Mumbai attacks. Rushdie, the author of the novel Shame, based on the political situation in Pakistan in the 80s, says the world is at a crossroads right now and the western world’s attitude towards Pakistan needs [...]

NYT: Pakistani Authorities ve Obtained Confessions from Lashkare Taiba

Pakistani authorities have obtained confessions from members of the Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba that they were involved in the terrorist attacks in Mumbai in November that killed more than 160 people, a Pakistani official said. The confessions are sure to put pressure on Pakistan’s leaders; senior Pakistani officials have repeatedly complained in recent weeks that [...]

Was Dawood Ibrahim involved in the Mumbai Attacks?

Jeremy R. Hammond Foreign Policy Journal December 21, 2008 Indian police last week arrested Hassan Ali Khan, who was wanted for investigations into money laundering and other illicit activities, and who is also said to have ties to Dawood Ibrahim, the underworld kingpin who evidence indicates was the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks in Mumbai [...]

Was the Militant Kesab Kidnapped by RAW?

A Lahore-based lawyer has suddenly appeared from no where to claim that Ajmal Kasab whom Indian authorities had accused of involvement in Mumbai attacks was actually kidnapped by Indian Agency RAW while he was in Nepal on a business tour. The lawyer Chaudhry Muhammad Farooq, known as CM Farooq, said Ajmal was the real name [...]

Killing 150 People for $2,000

The sole Mumbai gunman to be taken alive has said he was paid 150,000 Pakistani rupees – about £1,300 or $1,900 – for his part in the attacks that killed nearly 200 people, according to police. “He has said the payment was 1.5 lakhs (150,000) of Pakistani rupees,” Rakesh Maria, the joint commissioner of Mumbai [...]

A Turning Point

By Asma Jahangir, Chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan    The recent carnage in Mumbai is terrifying. Indians are entitled to be angry, hurt and disgusted. The Government of India has alleged that initial evidence indicates that some of the terrorists came from a ‘neighbouring country’. Even though the Prime Minster of India [...]