India has provided no proof that the surviving gunman involved in the deadly attacks in Mumbai, or any of his nine slain colleagues, were Pakistanis, Pakistan's foreign minister said Saturday. They really do lack the gene for feeling stoopid, don't they?
"We're not denying it, we're not accepting it," Shah Mohammed Qureshi told reporters during a trip to Paris. "If you (India) have any evidence, share this evidence with us."
"His Mom and Dad don't count."
Indian police said Saturday that the surviving gunman had written to the Pakistan High Commission in India seeking legal help. The gunman, Mohammed Ajmal Amir Iman, has also asked Pakistani officials to take custody of the body of another gunman who was killed in a gunfight. Iman faces a string of charges including "making war against the country, murder, attempted murder and other charges under the arms and explosives act."
India says all 10 attackers came from Pakistan and has stepped up pressure on its neighbor to crack down on Islamic militants after the attacks last month that left 172 people dead, including nine gunmen.
Suspect charity
| " If there is evidence (of terror activities) we will take action " Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi |
Pakistan on Thursday placed the Jamaat-ud-Dawa leader Hafiz Saeed under house arrest and ordered its assets frozen after the United Nations listed it as a terror group the day before.
| " We will not allow anybody to destabilize the country. Had we not implemented the resolution we would have been declared a terrorist state " Pakistan Defense Minister Ahmed Mukhtar |
Jamaat-ud-Dawa is one of Pakistan's biggest charities and is known in Kashmir for its relief work after a devastating 2005 earthquake.
Pakistan Defense Minister Ahmed Mukhtar said Friday that his government had no choice but to act on the U.N. ruling. "We can fight our enemies but not the whole world," he said. "We will not allow anybody to destabilize the country. Had we not implemented the resolution we would have been declared a terrorist state."