Nawaz Sharif, tipped to be the next Prime Minister of Pakistan after the May 11 elections, has assured India of a thorough probe into the role of the ISI in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. Speaking to CNN-IBN's Karan Thapar in a Devil's Advocate special from Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif also said the findings of the Kargil probe will be shared with India if he came to power. Following is an excerpt from the interview:
Karan Thapar: David Headley who gave evidence in America, in an American court to American investigators has given names like Major Sami Ali, Major Iqbal, who he says are ISI officers. He's talked about how the ISI gave $25,000 to Headley, how the ISI provided naval divers, how the ISI gave financial, military and naval support. If you become the Prime Minister, will you ensure that this sort of thing stops, that the ISI is no longer responsible for carrying out terror and that those people who have done it are also brought to book?
Nawaz Sharif: If he is given such a statement, I think we need to first verify the facts of the statement. I have read those statements, they appeared in the press some time ago and lately there has been nothing on that issue. But some months ago I read that. But how far these statements are true will have to be seen.
Karan Thapar: So you will carry out a credible investigation? ...
03:46 PM, May 06, 2013
Islamabad: The Pakistani prosecutor handling the 26/11 Mumbai attack case and the Benazir Bhutto assassination case has reportedly been shot dead in Islamabad. Chaudhry Zulfiqar, the prosecutor of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), was shot dead by unidentified armed men in Islamabad on Friday morning, Pakistan's Geo News reported. Reports say unidentified armed motorcycle-borne men opened fire on Chaudhry Zulfiqar. He was critically injured and was being rushed to the hospital...
09:22 AM, May 03, 2013
Did Sanjay Dutt get relief because of his celebrity status? The other convicts in the same case got their relief pleas rejected. 1993 Mumbai attack victim's son Tushar Deshmukh joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. Q. Should the other convicts get the same relief? Asked by: Sonia A. Surely as apex court has been given relief to Sanjay Dutt on humiliating grounds, so Zaibunnisa is suffering from...
06:27 PM, Apr 17, 2013
Islamabad: A witness on Saturday identified one of the seven Pakistani men charged with involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks as the person who had bought inflatable boats used by the terrorists involved in the assault on India's financial hub. Prosecutors said the witness, whom they did not name for security reasons, had identified accused Shahid Jamil Riaz during proceedings conducted behind closed doors at Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi by...
05:26 PM, Apr 13, 2013
The trial of seven Pakistani suspects, including Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, charged with involvement in the Mumbai attacks was on Saturday adjourned for two weeks as the judge was away to attend a training course. ...
08:40 PM, Mar 16, 2013
The special MCOCA court on Tuesday directed Arthur Road jail to file a report on the medical condition of key 26/11 handler Abu Jundal on his plea that he was 'hallucinating' about hanged terrorist Ajmal Kasab. ...
02:20 PM, Mar 06, 2013
Morality and prudence are polar opposite virtues, which when hold hands deliver political master strokes to those who wield them. For the heinous crimes of ...
01:37 PM, Mar 06, 2013
The US has said it continues to seek information on LeT founder and 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed that can convict him in the court of law. However, it refused to comment on the detailed interview given by the Mumbai attack mastermind, arguing that it does not want to "dignify" someone on which the US has declared a reward of $10 million for information leading to his conviction. ...
04:47 PM, Feb 09, 2013
A day after LeT leader Hafiz Saeed mocked the $10 million bounty on his head, the US said that it continues to seek information that could lead to his conviction. The US state department spokesperson Victoria Nuland though clarified that Rewards for Justice proposal that was put out against Saeed last year was not a bounty. It was designed to help obtain information leading to his arrest and conviction. ...
07:11 AM, Feb 09, 2013
A Pakistani court on Friday directed Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Saeed to establish his case that the government should defend him in a US lawsuit filed by relatives of Jewish victims of the 2008 Mumbai attacks. ...
10:20 PM, Feb 08, 2013
Pakistani authorities have initiated steps to obtain travel documents for members of a judicial commission that is expected to visit India for a second time by the end of this month to interview four officials as part of the probe into the 2008 Mumbai attacks. ...
02:58 AM, Feb 02, 2013
India on January 31 said it will seek access to Tahawwur Rana, an accomplice of convicted terrorist David Headley from the US and maintained that its demand for their extradition "continues to stand" to take forward its legal processes in Mumbai terror strike cases. ...
06:45 PM, Jan 31, 2013
India has cleared the second visit of a Pakistani judicial commission to cross-examine four officials in connection with the probe into the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Wednesday. India has given a green signal for the visit of the commission, which would travel to Mumbai without any delay, Malik told a news conference in Islamabad on Wednesday evening. ...
03:58 AM, Jan 31, 2013
The US on Tuesday said bringing to justice the perpetrators of 26/11 was still an "unfinished business" high on its priority, days after Pakistani American LeT terrorist David Headley was sent to 35 years in prison by a Chicago court, a sentence that has left India disappointed. Defending the 'lenient' sentence, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Headley had yielded significant information to help India and the US prevent...
02:21 AM, Jan 30, 2013
Does the long jail term for Headley mean that he won't be extradited to India? CNN-IBN's senior editor Suhasini Haidar joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. ...
05:44 PM, Jan 25, 2013
The actor will sing at a concert dedicated to the police personnel who lost their lives in the 26/11 attack in 2008. ...
10:51 AM, Jan 25, 2013
The United States has said it will continue to bring to justice the other six people named in Mumbai terror attacks case, including Lashkar-e-Toiba leaders. "They are fugitives. If we can ever get our hands on them, we will try to arrest them, or have them arrested depending on what country they are found in and extradite to the United States and prosecute them here in the US," Acting US...
06:58 AM, Jan 25, 2013
The 52-year-old had pleaded guilty to all charges in the 26/11 terror attacks case. ...
11:58 PM, Jan 24, 2013
David Coleman Headley was sentenced on Thursday to 35 years in prison for the key role he played in the 2008 terrorist attacks on Mumbai. Headley, 52, whose meticulous scouting missions facilitated the assault by 10 gunmen from a Pakistani-based militant group, which killed 160 people - including children. ...
11:00 PM, Jan 24, 2013
Tamil Nadu government had asked district administrations to ban the screening of the movie for about two weeks to maintain law and order. ...
10:53 PM, Jan 24, 2013
