Pakistan's former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Sunday said the "uncooperative attitude" and "stubbornness" of the Indian government has been the biggest obstacle in the Mumbai terror attacks trial reaching a conclusion, news agency PTI reported quoting a media report.&nbsp

Nisar's comments came in the wake of a statement by ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif who questioned Pakistan's policy to allow the "non-state actors" to cross the border and "kill" people in 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.

In an interview with the Dawn, Sharif who has been disqualified to hold public office for life by the Supreme Court in the Panama Papers case, criticised the delay in the conclusion of the Mumbai attacks trial.

Without naming Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed and Maulana Masood Azhar's militant organisations, Jamaat-ud-Dawah and Jaish-e-Mohammad, Sharif said: Militant organisations are active in Pakistan. Call them non-state actors, should we allow them to cross the border and kill over 150 people in Mumbai.&nbspExplain it to me. Why can't we complete the trial."

Reacting to Sharif's remarks, Nisar, under whose watch the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) was investigating the Mumbai attacks, said the Indian government was to blame for the hold-up in the Mumbai attacks trial, PTI reported quoting Pakistan newspaper Dawn.

"I say with full responsibility that the delay and slow pace of the Mumbai attacks-related case in Pakistan was not Pakistan's doing but was a result of non-cooperation and stubbornness by India," said the disgruntled PML-N member.

He said since the attack took place in the Indian financial capital, it was the Indian government which possessed "90 per cent of the evidence and facts" of the incident.

"Despite repeated efforts, India refused to share those facts and evidence with FIA and the investigative committee formed by Pakistani courts," he claimed.

He said, "There was no bigger evidence of the Indian government's lack of interest in taking the case to its end than its refusal to allow FIA to question the only living proof of the attacks: Ajmal Kasab."

"Kasab was hanged in such haste so that the Mumbai attacks could be used as a tool for Pakistan bashing across the world on political basis," he said.

He claimed that although Pakistan had cooperated with the Indian government for information-sharing regarding every terrorist incident, India had not reciprocated for incidents taking place inside Pakistan.

The Mumbai attack case has entered into the 10th year but none of its suspects in Pakistan has been punished yet, showing that the case had never been in the priority list of Islamabad that appears to be keen to put it under the carpet.

A number of Pakistani witnesses both official and private testified and provided evidence against the seven accused, but the Pakistani authorities have been insisting on sending Indian witnesses for reaching a verdict in the case.

Some 166 people were killed in the attack carried out by 10 LeT men. Nine of the attackers were killed by police while lone survivor Kasab was caught and hanged after handed down death sentence.&nbsp

(With inputs from PTI) 
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Nisar's comments came in the wake of a statement by ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif who questioned Pakistan's policy to allow the "non-state actors" to cross the border and "kill" people in 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.

Pakistan's former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Sunday said the "uncooperative attitude" and "stubbornness" of the Indian government has been the biggest obstacle in the Mumbai terror attacks trial reaching a conclusion, news agency PTI reported quoting a media report. Nisar's comments came in the wake of a statement by ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif who questioned Pakistan's policy to allow the "non-state actors" to cross the border and "kill" people in 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. In an interview with the Dawn, Sharif who has been disqualified to hold public office for life by the Supreme Court in the Panama Papers case, criticised the delay in the conclusion of the Mumbai attacks trial. Without naming Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed and Maulana Masood Azhar's militant organisations, Jamaat-ud-Dawah and Jaish-e-Mohammad, Sharif said: Militant organisations are active in Pakistan. Call them non-state actors, should we allow them to cross the border and kill over 150 people in Mumbai.&nbspExplain it to me. Why can't we complete the trial." Reacting to Sharif's remarks, Nisar, under whose watch the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) was investigating the Mumbai attacks, said the Indian government was to blame for the hold-up in the Mumbai attacks trial, PTI reported quoting Pakistan newspaper Dawn. "I say with full responsibility that the delay and slow pace of the Mumbai attacks-related case in Pakistan was not Pakistan's doing but was a result of non-cooperation and stubbornness by India," said the disgruntled PML-N member. He said since the attack took place in the Indian financial capital, it was the Indian government which possessed "90 per cent of the evidence and facts" of the incident. "Despite repeated efforts, India refused to share those facts and evidence with FIA and the investigative committee formed by Pakistani courts," he claimed. He said, "There was no bigger evidence of the Indian government's lack of interest in taking the case to its end than its refusal to allow FIA to question the only living proof of the attacks: Ajmal Kasab." "Kasab was hanged in such haste so that the Mumbai attacks could be used as a tool for Pakistan bashing across the world on political basis," he said. He claimed that although Pakistan had cooperated with the Indian government for information-sharing regarding every terrorist incident, India had not reciprocated for incidents taking place inside Pakistan. The Mumbai attack case has entered into the 10th year but none of its suspects in Pakistan has been punished yet, showing that the case had never been in the priority list of Islamabad that appears to be keen to put it under the carpet. A number of Pakistani witnesses both official and private testified and provided evidence against the seven accused, but the Pakistani authorities have been insisting on sending Indian witnesses for reaching a verdict in the case. Some 166 people were killed in the attack carried out by 10 LeT men. Nine of the attackers were killed by police while lone survivor Kasab was caught and hanged after handed down death sentence. (With inputs from PTI)

India's 'uncooperative' attitude, 'stubbornness' delaying Mumbai attacks trial: Pakistan ex-minister

Pakistan&rsquo;s interior minister and PM Nawaz Sharif&rsquo;s longstanding ally Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan&nbsp; said on Thursday that he will quit his post after the Supreme Court verdict on<a href="http://www.wionews.com/south-asia/panamagate-jit-finds-disparities-in-sharif-family-income-17801"> corruption accusations against Sharif</a>, whatever the outcome.

&quot;The day Supreme Court decides, whether it is in favour of Nawaz Sharif or against him, I have decided I will quit from my ministry and I will also quit from the National Assembly,&quot; Khan said, Reuters reported.

&nbsp;Khan&rsquo;s announcement is a fresh blow to the PM who is awaiting a ruling that could remove him from office.

Khan said he had argued with members of Sharif&rsquo;s PML-N party over how to tackle the Panama papers leak, which had led to a probe into how the PM obtained his wealth.&nbsp;

Earlier this month Sharif and his <a href="http://www.wionews.com/south-asia/maryam-nawaz-forged-documents-used-font-not-available-in-2006-jit-17863">family members</a> dismissed a report from the Joint Investigation team that raised questions about his wealth.&nbsp;

Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan announcement is a fresh blow to the PM who is awaiting a ruling that could remove him from office

Pakistan’s interior minister and PM Nawaz Sharif’s longstanding ally Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said on Thursday that he will quit his post after the Supreme Court verdict on corruption accusations against Sharif, whatever the outcome. "The day Supreme Court decides, whether it is in favour of Nawaz Sharif or against him, I have decided I will quit from my ministry and I will also quit from the National Assembly," Khan said, Reuters reported. Khan’s announcement is a fresh blow to the PM who is awaiting a ruling that could remove him from office. Khan said he had argued with members of Sharif’s PML-N party over how to tackle the Panama papers leak, which had led to a probe into how the PM obtained his wealth. Earlier this month Sharif and his family members dismissed a report from the Joint Investigation team that raised questions about his wealth.

Panamagate: Pakistan interior minister vows to quit in fresh setback for PM Sharif

Facebook has rejected Pakistan&#39;s request of linking the social media platform with the users&#39; mobile number. &nbsp;

Facebook spokesperson Christine Chen said the company did not approve of this move to protect the rights of its users, responding to an email by VOA. The spokesperson also said that Facebook was concerned about the ongoing government cases against some of its&nbsp;users in Pakistan.&nbsp;

Pakistan had asked facebook to link the social media&#39;s account with the users&#39; mobile number. According to Pakistan&#39;s Ministry of Information Technology, fake facebook accounts were used to circulate hate material.&nbsp;

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) ensured the security of mobile phones saying that all mobile numbers in the country were protected through biometric verification system. It claimed that linking the facebook accounts with the users&#39; mobile number can prevent fake Facebook accounts from spreading hatred. It mentioned that Facebook accounts can simply be opened through an email.

Pakistan initiated the request after Facebook&#39;s efforts to remove foul and indecent content from its platform.&nbsp;

In the first ever visit by a senior member of Facebook management in Pakistan to deal with the growing misuse of social media platform, Vice president of Facebook Joel Kaplan met with interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan and held talks to remove hateful, provocative and blasphemous content from the social media website.&nbsp;

At present Facebook has over 33 million users in Pakistan.

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Facebook spokesperson Christine Chen said the company did not approve of this move to protect the rights of its users

Facebook has rejected Pakistan's request of linking the social media platform with the users' mobile number. Facebook spokesperson Christine Chen said the company did not approve of this move to protect the rights of its users, responding to an email by VOA. The spokesperson also said that Facebook was concerned about the ongoing government cases against some of its users in Pakistan. Pakistan had asked facebook to link the social media's account with the users' mobile number. According to Pakistan's Ministry of Information Technology, fake facebook accounts were used to circulate hate material. Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) ensured the security of mobile phones saying that all mobile numbers in the country were protected through biometric verification system. It claimed that linking the facebook accounts with the users' mobile number can prevent fake Facebook accounts from spreading hatred. It mentioned that Facebook accounts can simply be opened through an email. Pakistan initiated the request after Facebook's efforts to remove foul and indecent content from its platform. In the first ever visit by a senior member of Facebook management in Pakistan to deal with the growing misuse of social media platform, Vice president of Facebook Joel Kaplan met with interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan and held talks to remove hateful, provocative and blasphemous content from the social media website. At present Facebook has over 33 million users in Pakistan.

Facebook rejects Pak's plea to link mobile phone numbers with Facebook account

A Pakistani opposition party on Tuesday&nbsp;sought an emergency session of parliament after a senior judge slammed the country&#39;s top law enforcement official for holding meetings with leaders of banned militant groups.

The move by cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan&#39;s Tehreek-i-Insaaf (Movement for Justice) party is set to put the government under added pressure as it fights a major corruption case against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

Last week a report by Supreme Court Justice Qazi Isa into a suicide bombing of a hospital in August that killed 73 people strongly criticised the government for failing to implement anti-terror policies.

It singled out interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan for holding meetings with cleric Maulana Muhammad Ahmed Ludhianvi.

Ludhianvi heads the political wing of the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi militant group, which claimed the hospital attack along with the Islamic State.

The two groups jointly also claimed an attack on a police academy in October that killed 61 people and one on a shrine that killed 52 in November. All three attacks were in the southwestern province of Balochistan.

&quot;The report has raised the issue of the Interior Ministry inviting and holding meetings with leaders of banned militant organisations,&quot; a statement by Imran Khan&#39;s party said.

The speaker of parliament will now decide whether to accept the request for a special meeting to debate the report. 
The interior minister has described the growing criticism as &quot;one-sided&quot;.

Overall levels of violence have decreased in Pakistan since the army stepped up operations in the border regions and major cities in the wake of a Taliban school massacre of more than 150 people, mostly students, in December 2014. But the judge&#39;s report said the government had a long way to go.

&quot;Proscribed organisations continue their illegal activities and new terrorist organisations are proscribed after long delays,&quot; it said.

The resurgence of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi in the southwest, together with its links to the Islamic State group, are a major blow to long-running and partly successful efforts to quell a homegrown Islamist insurgency that sprang up in the aftermath of the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan.

(AFP)

Interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan held meetings with Maulana Muhammad Ahmed Ludhianvi of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, the court said

A Pakistani opposition party on Tuesday sought an emergency session of parliament after a senior judge slammed the country's top law enforcement official for holding meetings with leaders of banned militant groups. The move by cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan's Tehreek-i-Insaaf (Movement for Justice) party is set to put the government under added pressure as it fights a major corruption case against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Last week a report by Supreme Court Justice Qazi Isa into a suicide bombing of a hospital in August that killed 73 people strongly criticised the government for failing to implement anti-terror policies. It singled out interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan for holding meetings with cleric Maulana Muhammad Ahmed Ludhianvi. Ludhianvi heads the political wing of the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi militant group, which claimed the hospital attack along with the Islamic State. The two groups jointly also claimed an attack on a police academy in October that killed 61 people and one on a shrine that killed 52 in November. All three attacks were in the southwestern province of Balochistan. "The report has raised the issue of the Interior Ministry inviting and holding meetings with leaders of banned militant organisations," a statement by Imran Khan's party said. The speaker of parliament will now decide whether to accept the request for a special meeting to debate the report. The interior minister has described the growing criticism as "one-sided". Overall levels of violence have decreased in Pakistan since the army stepped up operations in the border regions and major cities in the wake of a Taliban school massacre of more than 150 people, mostly students, in December 2014. But the judge's report said the government had a long way to go. "Proscribed organisations continue their illegal activities and new terrorist organisations are proscribed after long delays," it said. The resurgence of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi in the southwest, together with its links to the Islamic State group, are a major blow to long-running and partly successful efforts to quell a homegrown Islamist insurgency that sprang up in the aftermath of the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan. (AFP)

Pakistan: Top court slams interior minister for meetings with militant group member

Pakistan plans to take Interpol&#39;s help in extraditing Baloch&nbsp;separatist leader Brahamdagh Bugti, interior minister&nbsp;Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said. 
 
&quot;The Federal Investigation Agency will send a formal reference to Interpol within the next few days for the extradition of Brahamdagh Bugti,&quot;&nbsp;Pakistani newspaper The Express Tribune quoted him as saying. 
 
The call for extradition comes after Bugti approached the Indian consulate in Geneva, where he is living in exile, to inquire about India&#39;s asylum process.&nbsp; 
 
India&#39;s interior ministry has recieved his application for asylum and will be reviewing it.&nbsp; 
 
&quot;Their [Indians&#39;] feelings about Brahamdagh Bugti and their invitation to him unmistakably establish who is behind terrorism (in Balochistan),&quot; Nisar said. 
 
The minister also said, &quot;The Indians don&#39;t have any evidence, so what sort of investigation can Pakistan carry out? They have blamed us just to defame Pakistan,&quot; referring to the Uri attack, in which 18 Indian army soldiers were killed in an encounter with four militants.&nbsp; 
 
(WION with inputs from ANI) 
 
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Baloch separatist leader Brahamdagh Bugti recently asked India, which has backed his cause, to grant him political asylum

Pakistan plans to take Interpol's help in extraditing Baloch separatist leader Brahamdagh Bugti, interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said. "The Federal Investigation Agency will send a formal reference to Interpol within the next few days for the extradition of Brahamdagh Bugti," Pakistani newspaper The Express Tribune quoted him as saying. The call for extradition comes after Bugti approached the Indian consulate in Geneva, where he is living in exile, to inquire about India's asylum process. India's interior ministry has recieved his application for asylum and will be reviewing it. "Their [Indians'] feelings about Brahamdagh Bugti and their invitation to him unmistakably establish who is behind terrorism (in Balochistan)," Nisar said. The minister also said, "The Indians don't have any evidence, so what sort of investigation can Pakistan carry out? They have blamed us just to defame Pakistan," referring to the Uri attack, in which 18 Indian army soldiers were killed in an encounter with four militants. (WION with inputs from ANI)

Pakistan plans to take Interpol's help in extraditing Baloch leader