No letter received from Ajmal seeking legal aid: Pak

New Delhi, Dec 17 (PTI) Pakistan Wednesday claimed it has
not received any letter from Mohd Ajmal Amir Iman, the lone
terrorist arrested in Mumbai attacks, seeking legal aid and
persisted with its denial mode on his Pakistani nationality,
saying it needed "incontrovertible" evidence about it.

"Please don't give too much importance to newspaper
reports. No letter has been delivered to me or to the (Pak)
High Commission," Pakistan High Commissioner to India Shahid
Malik told Karan Thapar in 'India Tonight' programme of CNBC
TV-18.

The High Commissioner was asked about the accused's
father accepting after seeing photographs in newspapers and
television that the terrorist is his son.

"Not when it comes to dealing with such individuals... We
need something which is incontrovertible which cannot be
challenged in a court of law," he said.

Malik said Pakistan was not contemplating giving access
to Zaki-ur-Rahman Lakhvi, the alleged mastermind of the Mumbai
attacks, to FBI for investigation.

"At the moment we are not contemplating it...Please allow
us to carry forward the process of investigation and see
whether there is any merit in involving others or not," he
said. PTI SJY
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