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Pakistan ambiguous on dossier

Jul 24th, 2009 | By Editor | Category: Featured Articles

Nirupama Subramanian

Dawn says Gilani handed over to Manmohan dossier on India’s involvement in terror attacks

India has denied that it was given any dossier at Sharm-el Shaikh by Pakistan
It makes reference to an Indian training camp in Kandahar, Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan chose on Thursday to remain ambiguous about whether or not it had handed over a […]



Ajmal alive to guilty plea implications: Sessions Court

Jul 23rd, 2009 | By Editor | Category: Featured Articles

Mumbai: Special Sessions Court judge M.L. Tahaliyani on Wednesday refuted Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam’s contention that the guilty plea of Mumbai gunman Mohammad Ajmal Amir ‘Kasab’ was a shrewd move to escape the death penalty.
The court noted: “It is clear that he [Ajmal] has understood the implications of his plea and has done it […]



“Important to probe Ajmal’s confession”

Jul 22nd, 2009 | By Editor | Category: Featured Articles

Rahi Gaikwad
Mumbai: “We have to see whether he [Ajmal Amir] is really pleading guilty to all the charges levelled against him. Accepting or rejecting his plea comes at a later stage,” Judge M.L. Tahaliyani said on Tuesday at the special sessions court in the Arthur Road Jail.
He noted that there were three options before the […]



Ajmal’s confession may revive extradition demand

Jul 22nd, 2009 | By Editor | Category: Featured Articles

Nirupama Subramanian

If his statement is used as evidence by Pakistan prosecution, he will have to be cross-examined

Pakistan Foreign Office says it is too premature to comment on confession
The first thing is to check whether it was voluntary or made under duress: defence lawyer

ISLAMABAD: The confession by Ajmal Amir ‘Kasab’ before a court hearing the […]



From petty job to dacoity to terror camps

Jul 21st, 2009 | By Editor | Category: Featured Articles

Rahi Gaikwad
 

Ajmal was given training along the Karachi shore
— Photo: Shashank Parade

Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam talks to journalists in Mumbai on Monday after Mohammad Ajmal Amir ‘Kasab’ confessed to his involvement in the Mumbai terror attacks.
 
Mumbai: Back home, in the city of Jhelum in Pakistan, Mohammad Ajmal Amir ‘Kasab’ was eking out […]



We were ordered to throw grenades first: Ajmal

Jul 21st, 2009 | By Editor | Category: Featured Articles

Mumbai: In his confession in the special sessions court here on Monday, the lone surviving 26/11 gunman Mohammad Ajmal Amir ‘Kasab’ said he and his partner Abu Ismail were instructed by their handler Abu Hamza to hurl grenades first and then open fire.
The duo had met Hamza separately as a pair. The attackers were warned […]



Action taken report, still no action

Jun 23rd, 2009 | By Editor | Category: Articles, Featured Articles

Praveen Swami
Early this year, United States Senator Susan Collins explained why it was important for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to study November’s Lashkar-e-Taiba attacks in Mumbai.
“The murderous assault on Mumbai deserves our attention,” she said, “because it raises important questions about our own plans to prevent, prepare for, and respond to terror […]



“How can I forget Ajmal?”

Jun 16th, 2009 | By Editor | Category: Featured Articles

Staff Reporter
— Photo: Vivek Bendre

Sebastian D’Souza, whose photographs of 26/11 were presented in the special court.
Mumbai: “How can I forget him? He made me famous,” Sebastian D’Souza, whose photograph of Mumbai gunman Mohammad Ajmal Amir ‘Kasab’ was splashed across the world, deposed before the special sessions court here on Monday.
Mr. D’Souza, a photo […]



It has disturbed us all: Holbrooke

Jun 4th, 2009 | By Editor | Category: Featured Articles

Nirupama Subramanian
ISLAMABAD: U.S. special envoy on Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke, who arrived here on Wednesday, was quoted by Geo television as saying the release of Jamaat-ud-Dawa leader Hafiz Saeed “has disturbed us all.”
Later, at a joint press conference with President Asif Ali Zardari, Mr. Holbrooke offered only an oblique comment on Mr. Saeed’s release […]



India to mobilise global community

Jun 3rd, 2009 | By Editor | Category: Featured Articles

NEW DELHI: India will mobilise the international community against the release of Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafeez Mohammad Saeed on the orders of the Lahore High Court.
This decision emerged during a high-level meeting convened on Tuesday by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, which was attended by External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna, National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan […]