Pak rejects WSJ report on Zarar Shah`s confession

Islamabad, Jan 1 (PTI) Pakistan Thursday dismissed
reports about top LeT commander Zarar Shah admitting to his
key role in the Mumbai attacks, saying it was too early to
reach any conclusion without India providing evidence of
involvement of the Pakistan-based elements in the 26/11
strikes.

The Wall Street Journal report that Shah, who has been
detained by the Pakistani authorities, confessed to his
involvement in the Mumbai attacks cannot be a basis for
determining the role of the Pakistan-based elements in the
incident, senior officials were quoted as saying by the media.

They said India had not yet provided any evidence.

Their remarks came a day after Information Minister
Sherry Rehman dismissed as "completely speculative" another
report that the US had shared with Pakistan a taped
conversation Lashkar-e-Toiba operations head Zakiur Rahman
Lakhvi allegedly had with terrorists involved in the Mumbai
attacks.

"It is based on complete speculation that the US has
shared information (on 26/11 attacks). Even if it has
happened, the government of Pakistan has not received such an
evidence," she said in Karachi, referring to the Dawn report.

Rehman also said India has not shared any evidence.

Regarding the action taken by Pakistan against some
activists of LeT's front organisation Jamaat-ud-Dawa which has
been banned by the UN Security Council, she said whatever
Pakistan has done was in compliance with the world body's
resolutions and the international community "agrees that we do
not give shelter to terrorists and non-state actors".

Quoting US and diplomatic sources, Dawn had said
Americans are believed to have given Pakistan a taped
conversation Lakhvi allegedly had with the Mumbai attackers.
US audio experts had checked the tape and concluded it was
genuine, it said. PTI