Islamabad, July 23
Two days after India asked it to deport Dawood Ibrahim, Pakistan has maintained that the international terrorist is not on its soil and said he will be arrested straightaway if any proof of his presence is given.
“He (Dawood Ibrahim) is not here. However, if any proof of his presence in any part of Pakistan is provided, he will be arrested straightaway,” Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao was quoted in the media here today as saying.
India had on Friday asked Pakistan to deport Dawood as well as Hizb-ul- Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin. It also asked Islamabad to ban the Jamat-ud-Dawa, political organisation of the Lashker-e-Toiba terrorist outfit, and arrest its leaders immediately.
Sherpao termed “allegations” against Pakistan with respect to Mumbai train blasts as “unjust” and “unfounded,” saying Islamabad itself had been a victim of terrorism.
He said Pakistan had been playing a role of a frontline state in the war against terrorism and that the international community recognised its role in this connection.
— PTI
