26/11 attacks: Pak seeks more proof

Islamabad, June 30

Pakistan today said it had asked India to provide “additional evidence” for the early completion of the Mumbai attack trial in which LeT operations commander Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi and six others were accused.

“Our Foreign Secretary has written to India’s Foreign Secretary to provide additional evidence so that the Mumbai case trial is completed. The response from the Indian side is still awaited,” Foreign Office Spokesman Nafees Zakaria said at a press briefing.

Zakaria, however, did not elaborate when exactly the letter was written. Pakistan arrested seven Lashkar-e-Toiba-linked militants, including Lakhvi, for their role in the 2008 Mumbai attack in which 166 persons were killed.

Mumbai attack mastermind Lakhvi, Abdul Wajid, Mazhar Iqbal, Hamad Amin Sadiq, Shahid Jameel Riaz, Jamil Ahmed and Younis Anjum are accused of abetment to murder, attempted murder, planning and executing the Mumbai attack.

Lakhvi is living at an undisclosed location after he got released from jail on bail a year ago. The other six suspects are in Adiala Jail Rawalpindi. The case has been going on in the country for more than six years. India has been urging Pakistan to complete the trial at the earliest. It has said that enough evidence has been shared with Islamabad to prosecute the accused.

However, Pakistani officials say India has not provided enough evidence needed to complete the trial. — PTI