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Why cordon off Kasab's village" Nawaz Sharif
Rezaul H Laskar
Islamabad, Dec 19 (PTI) In the midst of flip-flops and cover-up attempts in Pakistan on the identity of Ajmal Kasab, the lone captured terrorist in Mumbai, former premier Nawaz Sharif has emerged the lone voice against attempts to "cordon off" his village Faridkot and bar media from entering it.
"It has been said this individual named Ajmal Kasab
hails from Faridkot village. I have seen and I personally got
this checked – the village and its surrounding areas were
cordoned off. His parents are not being allowed to meet
anyone," he told Geo News in an interview.
"What was the need to do this? If (Kasab) is not
involved (in the Mumbai attacks), then he is not involved.
People should be allowed to meet everyone in that area,"
Sharif said adding "All this points to the fact that we too
need to set our house in order."
Pakistan President Zardari, who had teamed up with
Shari to oust Pervez Musharraf from power, had earlier
acknowledged that the perpetrators of the Mumbai carnage could
be 'non-state' actors from Pakistan. He has now said there is
still no "real evidence" that the terrorists who attacked
Mumbai came from Pakistan.
Sharif questioned the security agencies cordoning off
the village of Ajmal Amir Iman Kasab, the lone gunman captured
during the Mumbai terror attacks, and said there is a need for
Pakistan to "set its own house in order" in the war against
terrorism.
Kasab has told Indian investigators that he belongs
to Faridkot village of Okara district in Pakistan's Punjab
province and that he was trained by the Lashker-e-Taiba to
carry out the attacks. Iman's father Amir Kasab too had
admitted that the gunman in pictures beamed by the world media
is his son.
Sharif said if Iman was not involved in the Mumbai
attacks, why was Faridkot village being cordoned off by
security agencies and the media prevented from going there.
If Iman was "involved in any way, despite that his
parents should be allowed to speak out and say the boy has
been (away from home) for three or four months or one or two
years and we are also very worried about him", Sharif said.
He also asked why people and journalists were being
barred from meeting Iman's parents and other residents of
Faridkot.
Pakistani security agencies and local officials in
Faridkot have launched an apparent cover-up operation since
Indian investigators revealed he belonged to the village.
Iman's parents have reportedly been shifted from the
village and local officials have claimed no youth named Ajmal
Kasab had lived in Faridkot. PTI RHL
PMR
Islamabad, Dec 19 (PTI) In the midst of flip-flops and cover-up attempts in Pakistan on the identity of Ajmal Kasab, the lone captured terrorist in Mumbai, former premier Nawaz Sharif has emerged the lone voice against attempts to "cordon off" his village Faridkot and bar media from entering it.
"It has been said this individual named Ajmal Kasab
hails from Faridkot village. I have seen and I personally got
this checked – the village and its surrounding areas were
cordoned off. His parents are not being allowed to meet
anyone," he told Geo News in an interview.
"What was the need to do this? If (Kasab) is not
involved (in the Mumbai attacks), then he is not involved.
People should be allowed to meet everyone in that area,"
Sharif said adding "All this points to the fact that we too
need to set our house in order."
Pakistan President Zardari, who had teamed up with
Shari to oust Pervez Musharraf from power, had earlier
acknowledged that the perpetrators of the Mumbai carnage could
be 'non-state' actors from Pakistan. He has now said there is
still no "real evidence" that the terrorists who attacked
Mumbai came from Pakistan.
Sharif questioned the security agencies cordoning off
the village of Ajmal Amir Iman Kasab, the lone gunman captured
during the Mumbai terror attacks, and said there is a need for
Pakistan to "set its own house in order" in the war against
terrorism.
Kasab has told Indian investigators that he belongs
to Faridkot village of Okara district in Pakistan's Punjab
province and that he was trained by the Lashker-e-Taiba to
carry out the attacks. Iman's father Amir Kasab too had
admitted that the gunman in pictures beamed by the world media
is his son.
Sharif said if Iman was not involved in the Mumbai
attacks, why was Faridkot village being cordoned off by
security agencies and the media prevented from going there.
If Iman was "involved in any way, despite that his
parents should be allowed to speak out and say the boy has
been (away from home) for three or four months or one or two
years and we are also very worried about him", Sharif said.
He also asked why people and journalists were being
barred from meeting Iman's parents and other residents of
Faridkot.
Pakistani security agencies and local officials in
Faridkot have launched an apparent cover-up operation since
Indian investigators revealed he belonged to the village.
Iman's parents have reportedly been shifted from the
village and local officials have claimed no youth named Ajmal
Kasab had lived in Faridkot. PTI RHL
PMR
