Masood Azhar not in our custody, says Pakistan

Agencies Tags : Masood Azhar, Jaish e Mohammed, custody, Pakistan government, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi Posted: Thursday , Dec 18, 2008 at 1043 hrs Islamabad:

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Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Maulana Masood Azhar is not in the custody of the Pakistan government, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said.

"Maulana Masood Azhar is wanted by the government of Pakistan, but he is not in our custody and he is at large," Qureshi told state-run APP news agency.

He said Pakistan has taken "enough steps" to arrest culprits involved in terrorist activities.

Qureshi's remarks came about a week after Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar told a TV channel that Azhar had been detained by Pakistani authorities.

In a demarche issued after the Mumbai terror attacks, India had asked Pakistan to hand over Azhar and underworld dons Tiger Memon and Dawood Ibrahim.

Pakistan has said it intends to take action against all terror suspects according to the country's laws and will not hand them over to India.

Azhar and two other terrorists were freed by India in exchange for the passengers of an Indian Airlines flight that was hijacked from Kathmandu to Kandahar in December 1999.

Azhar formed the Jaish-e-Mohammed soon after his release.

Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Shahid Malik also said that JeM chief Azhar was not under house arrest and his whereabouts were not known to the country's authorities.

"We are looking for him. He is not under house arrest. As far as I know, it (news reports of Azhar's house arrest) is wrong. He is not in Pakistan... We don't know where he is," Malik told Karan Thapar in 'India Tonight' programme of CNBC-TV18.

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hold on indyBy: nadeem | 21-Dec-2008 Reply | Forward i dont understand wat u all indian ppl think of pakistan .u misguide ur govt by inciting her to attack pakistan as if its like going to picnic party.wat will happen if india ever tries to go 4 this misadventure.pakistan is not a banana state or nepal or burma who like 2 sit on indian lap.no dear its not like that.if u attack us we will tear u apart as well.dont take the remarks of zardari seriously of abiding to no first use doctrine.i hope u have got my point.

JeM chiefBy: rammohan | 18-Dec-2008 Reply | Forward Now what ever Kasab was knowing about LeT, Jaish, ISI involvement were known to our ATS investigators and they had given all the details to CNN/IBN etc breaking news channels, may be before giving that information to concerned ministers (they will clarify that they are studying too). That when relayed to ISI and Zardari without losing a beat and ISI guys will change all the trail and then flatly deny they are not from Pakistan. Why our stupid police officers are giving these interviews and press statements with so much details in strange. There is no confidentiality issues here regarding national security?.JeM chief is in Riyad or Macca, living like a king. There are permanent accommodation for such people there. When things are cool he will return back and will start all over again.

Denial StroyBy: Sridhar | 18-Dec-2008 Reply | Forward Pakistan has mastered the technique of denial and fooling the world at large. USA has played an innocent role in Pakistan becoming a rogue state by pampering it just to gain access to Afghanistan. Short of bombing the terrorist camps thre is no way of teaching Pakistan a lesson. It is now time forIndia to cut all ties with Pakistan except a bare minimum of diplomatic staff. The artists and filimiwallahs who pamper Pakistani artists please, note the wretched role bplayed by our neibhour

DECLARE THE HIGH COMMISSIONER, PERSON-NON-DE-GRATA AND EXPEL.By: KP PILLAI | 18-Dec-2008 Reply | Forward THIS SHOWS THE INTEGRITY OF THE COUNTRY. THEY CAN GO WITH LIES OF ANY EXTENT. INDIA SHOULD IMMEDIATELY DECLARE THE HIGH COMMISSIONER, PERSON-NON - DE-GRATA AND ASK HIM TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY IMMEDIATELY, TO HAVE MADE SUCH MISLEADING STATEMENTS. WHEN WILL INDIA GET A GOVT. THAT COULD ACT WITH GUTS AND GIVING PRIORITY TO NATIONAL PROBLEMS.

Inviting their own DeathBy: hrishikesh | 18-Dec-2008 Reply | Forward well said aniyan, Pakistan is just being intolerable, it's inviting lots of attacks from alliance forces in future. India has never taken strong stand of operation (they can't do so). we can very well see afghanistan part II in our neighbourhood. the reason is not the mumbai attacks but it's a headache to alliance forces to deal with double minded Pakistan. cruel China and dishonest Pakistan are our biggest drawbacks. both are prone to self extinction at any point of time. but they will never come out of it. Dealing with pakistan is equivalent to dealing with a roadside thief. who always envy you and wish your bad luck. if they would have taken india's sincere demands seriously without involving politics and religion in it. they would have been a good nation like Malaysia. which is muslim and a lot developed and welcoming. Constant support to terrorist and virtually no existance of government will invite even tougher times for them in future. i see Afghanistan chapter2 rolling out.

Another Pakistani stunt? By: Christopher | 18-Dec-2008 Reply | Forward Since when was Pakistan serious about cracking down on terror activities in India. They enjoy this nonsense. Anyway, We should prepare ourselves for the next attack. And NO, We will still not give Kashmir. India is a secular Republic and we will be so long after Pakistan is dead and gone. The Indian Army must take the initiative now. There are too many ISI agents in India, like Antulay who need to be put to sleep permanently. Purge the country of these anti-nationals at the earliest opportunity. Whilst at it, kill Lalu as well. If Modi needs to be killed to level the field then do it, but there are many more anti-nationals now belonging to the 'peaceful' religion.

terror attacks on INDIABy: hoorilekhrraj | 18-Dec-2008 Reply | Forward the terror attacks on mumbai were attacks on a soverign country INDIA not just mumbai lets not loose sight of this and while we are trying to do away with terroists from across the borders lets not forget our home grown terrorists like raj thackery who burn our own property and preach hell andfire for our own citzens

Liquidate all religious enthusiastsBy: Raj | 18-Dec-2008 Reply | Forward Yes. One's loyalty must first be to one's country, not religion. A country is composed of fellow men and a religion of people with same beliefs. So humanity, not religion must come first. All rabble rousers and religious enthusiasts, who use religion for politics, money, and power must be liquidated; irrespective of their religion. All religions except the religion called humaneness must be banned; let people indulge in their own beliefs at home, not publicly.