Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Is Dawood Ibrahim ACTUALLY in Pakistan? Pak minister slams Modi for vowing to bring back fugitive don to India

New Delhi: Pakistani interior minister, Nisar Ali Khan on Wednesday criticised Narendra Modi over his statement attacking Pakistan to bring back fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim was "irresponsible and shameful". Bharatiya Janata Party's PM candidate, Narendra Modi had said that he would bring back underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, to be tried for the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts, if he is voted to power. Modi had also said that the previous governments have not made necessary efforts to bring him back to India. In a statement, Pakistani interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said that first Modi should "decide where Dawood is living". Khan said "this provocative and condemnable statement of expected Prime Minister of India and leader of major political party is touching last limit of enmity towards Pakistan," state-run APP news agency reported last night. The interior minister said those who are giving statements that Pakistan is sheltering Dawood and launching operation on Pakistan soil "should realise that neither Pakistan is a weak country to be afraid of such threats, nor Pakistani nation can be impressed with such irresponsible statements." He said Pakistan's efforts for peace in the region should not be considered its weakness. Modi had recently accused home minister Sushilkumar Shinde of giving media statements instead of acting against Dawood Ibrahim. Reacting to questions about Shinde's statement that India would bring back Dawood from Pakistan, Modi said, "Can such things be achieved through media? Are these things to be revealed through newspapers? Did Americans talk with bin Laden? Did America hold a press conference on its plans about tracking down bin Laden? What has the government done? They don't have mininum maturity. I am ashamed that the home minister made such statements," Modi said. Dawood, accused of masterminding the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts and a number of other terrorist acts in the country, is India's most wanted fugitive. He is believed to be staying in Pakistan. India has sought his extradition but attempts to bring him back to India did not fructify due to Pakistan's non-cooperation.

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