Posts Tagged ‘Mumbai Attacks’

World community should ‘do more’: FO

Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said on Thursday that the time had come for the international community to “do more” and donate generously for the flood victims on UN’s appeal. Regarding the Mumbai attacks, he said that the option of video conference for exchange of information between investigators was under…

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World community should ‘do more’: FO

Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said on Thursday that the time had come for the international community to “do more” and donate generously for the flood victims on UN’s appeal. Regarding the Mumbai attacks, he said that the option of video conference for exchange of information between investigators was under…

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Pakistani HC in India calls on Malik

Shahid Malik, Pakistani High Commissioner in India, has called on Interior Minister Rehman Malik here on Tuesday, report said on Tuesday. Issues pertaining to current status of progress into Mumbai attacks’ probe and Indian demands on various other issues came under discussion during meeting, interior ministry sources said. The meeting…

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Pak turns down Indian allegations

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan on Tuesday forcefully dismissed Indian National Security Advisor’s allegations that Pakistan’s establishment and David Headley were involved in the Mumbai attacks.
“Indian establishment was giving statements against Pakistan deliberately as part of a well thought out plan”, the Spokesperson of the Foreign Office said.
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Pakistan denies allegations over Mumbai attacks: FO

Foreign Ministry spokesman Abdul Basit dismissed allegations by India on Tuesday, which claimed that Pakistan’s establishment and David Headley were involved in the Mumbai attacks. He said that the Indian establishment was giving statements against Pakistan deliberately as part of a well thought out plan. In a notice from the…

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India, Pakistan open key talks in Islamabad

The foreign ministers of Pakistan and India on Thursday opened their first key talks in Islamabad since the 2008 Mumbai attacks derailed a peace process. The talks are the third high-level contact in six months and the foreign ministers’ first meeting since 10 gunmen killed 166 people in 60 hours…

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Indian Home Secretary accuses ISI in Mumbai attacks

Pakistan’s intelligence agency controlled and coordinated the 2008 Mumbai attacks, a top Indian security official said, in what is the most direct indictment yet of Pakistan by India in the strikes that killed 166 people. “It was not just a peripheral role,” the Indian Express newspaper quoted G.K. Pillai, India’s…

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No deal over Mumbai suspects: Zardari

President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday said that suspects of the Mumbai attacks would not be handed over to India and that Pakistan would bring them to justice. Speaking to a Chinese television channel in Beijing, Zardari said that terrorism was a universal problem and that superpowers were not safe…

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India hands new Mumbai dossier to Pakistan

India on Friday handed over to Pakistan a new dossier of evidence related to the November 2008 Mumbai attacks, ahead of talks next week between top foreign ministry officials. India’s foreign ministry separately announced a meeting next Thursday between Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao and her Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir as…

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Kasab wants to challenge death sentence: report

A Pakistani national sentenced to death by an Indian court for his part in the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks has lodged an application to appeal, an Indian newspaper said on Friday. The newspaper said prison authorities in India’s financial capital had confirmed that Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab had approached the…

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Kasab could be hanged this year: India

The lone surviving gunman of the 2008 Mumbai attacks could be executed this year if he does not appeal his death sentence, a senior Indian government official said on Tuesday. Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, 22, was found guilty of waging war on India, mass murder, conspiracy and terrorism offences last…

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Kasab verdict a message to Pak-based terror outfits: Antony

Indian Defence Minister A.K. Antony on Friday said the verdict against Ajmal Kasab in the Mumbai attacks case is a “clear message” to terror outfits in Pakistan and has proved that India can take strong action against criminals and terrorists. “It (verdict) is a clear message to the terrorists outfits,…

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Court gives death penalty to Kasab

A special court on Thursday sentenced to death Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, over the 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people and raised tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbouring rivals. The death penalty, which in India is carried out by hanging, must be confirmed by a higher court. Mohammad Ajmal Kasab was…

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Faridkot slams verdict

FARIDKOT (AFP) – Residents of the hometown of Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab on Monday angrily denounced his conviction as a travesty of justice.
The remote town of Faridkot has become notorious as the home of Kasab, convicted of taking part in the Mumbai attacks.
On Monday, as the 22-year-old Kasab…

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Conviction a message to Pakistan: Chidambaram

NEW DELHI (AFP) – India’s home minister said Monday the conviction of the lone surviving gunman from the 2008 Mumbai attacks was a message to Pakistan not to export terror.
“The judgement itself is a message to Pakistan that they should not export terror to India,” P Chidambaram told reporters…

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Verdict on Kasab’s case to complicate Pak-India relations: Rashid

Chairman Awami Muslim League (AML), Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said that the verdict on Ajmal Kasab’s case would further complicate Pak-India relations.
A special Indian court had declared Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone survivor of 26/11 Mumbai attacks, guilty on 83 of 86 charges against him
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Indian court declares Ajaml Kasab guilty; Fahim, Sabahuddin acquitted

Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone survivor of 26/11 Mumbai attacks, was on Monday declared guilty on 83 of 86 charges against him by a special court here
The other charges include murder and waging war against the Indian state in the November 2008 Mumbai attack, reported IANS.
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