India asks Pakistan to take action against Mumbai terror attack perpetrators

October 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that the perpetrators of the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks were not Islamabad's friends, and that the activities of terror groups involved in such ghastly terror acts should be 'checked, curtailed and shut'. "Those who carried out the Mumbai terrorist attack that killed 166 innocent people are not friends of Pakistan," Qureshi said.

September 27th, 2009 NEW YORK - Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao met her Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir here on Saturday to prepare the ground for the crucial talks between their foreign ministers where India is expected to demand speedy action against 26/11 perpetrators. The meeting between Nirupama Rao and Salman Bashir came on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, marking the first high-level contact between the two countries since the Prime Ministers of the two countries met at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt on July 16.

September 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - India has demanded that Pakistan take "more decisive action" against Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, alleged mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. "We want Saeed to be tried for his Mumbai attack," Indian External Affairs Minister S.M.

September 20th, 2009 LAHORE - Hafiz Saeed, the alleged mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks and chief of the banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa group, has been put under house arrest at his residence here, a media report said Monday. A posse of police personnel has been deployed outside his residence, "restricting his movement", Geo TV reported Monday.

September 19th, 2009 LONDON - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has promised that Islamabad would take action against alleged Mumbai attack mastermind and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief Hafeez Saeed. "We'll take action against Hafiz Saeed," Zardari said while responding to a query from a senior journalist of the Times Now television channel in London.

September 11th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan today claimed it had arrested two more terrorists in connection with the 26/11 attacks, moments after Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram met US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Washington to brief her about Islamabad's inaction against perpetrators of the Mumbai carnage.

September 7th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Even as Pakistan continues to claim that India has not provided enough evidence in the Mumbai terror attack case, Interpol has suggested otherwise by issuing an arrest warrant against Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed. The world agrees with India that Pakistan is not showing seriousness in the matter of punishing the perpetrators of the 26/11, the Daily Times reports.

September 5th, 2009 KARACHI/BANGALORE - Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Saturday that delay in resuming India-Pakistan talks will only help terrorists in achieving their nefarious designs. Pakistan wants equity-based relations with India and resumption of the composite dialogue at the earliest, he said, while speaking to reporters in Karachi after inaugurating a housing scheme for low income people.

August 27th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that India should not 'misinterpret' Islamabad's intentions regarding the Mumbai terror attack probe. In an interview with a private television channel, Qureshi said Pakistan is analyzing the dossier handed over to it by New Delhi and would comment on it only after examining it thoroughly.

July 23rd, 2009 PHUKET - Pakistan will take action against the Lashkar-e-Taiba if proof was found of its involvement in the Mumbai terrorist attacks, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said here Thursday. "We will take action against LeT if any proof is found," Qureshi told reporters when asked what action Pakistan planned to take against the perpetrators of the Nov 26 Mumbai carnage.

July 20th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has termed as baseless the US allegations regarding the presence of culprits involved in terror incidents in the US and India living in Pakistan. Reacting to the statement given by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton alleging that the perpetrator of US 9/11 and Indian 26/11 are in Pakistan, Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said these culprits were not in Pakistan but in Afghanistan instead.

June 25th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan seriously believes that composite dialogue is in the interest of both India and Pakistan, foreign office spokesman Abdul Basit said here Thursday. "Talks are unavoidable for durable peace and prosperity in the region," Basit said at a weekly press briefing.

June 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The United States has asked Pakistan to bring the perpetrators of the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks to justice, and assure the international community that it is acting aggressively against extremist elements within its borders. Talking to reporters here, US Assistant Secretary of State Philip J.

May 12th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has said that it has completed investigation of the Mumbai terror attack. The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Director General Tariq Khosa informed the National Assembly's Standing Committee on Interior Affairs that the probe into the November 2008 terror attacks has been completed and five accused were also nabbed by the authorities.

April 19th, 2009 LAHORE - Until the issues regarding the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack are resolved between India and Pakistan, it is almost unrealistic to expect New Delhi to restart peace talks with Islamabad, an expert has said. Former CIA Middle-East expert and a key advisor to President Barack Obama, Bruce Riedel says the Mumbai attack is the core of the issue between India and Pakistan currently.