Islamabad, Feb 12: Pakistan admitted on Thursday that at least part of the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai were planned in Pakistan but a major part was done in India.
Announcing that the Pakistan government had lodged an FIR in connection with the Mumbai terror attacks, interior ministry chief Rehman Malik said that Pakistan had identified the main conspirators in the attack as Zaki-ur Rahman Lakhvi and Zarar Shah of the Lashker-e-Tayyabba.
“Some part of the conspiracy was plotted in Pakistan,” Malik stated. He said that the Lashkar-e-Tayyabba was involved in the attacks.
Three persons have been named in the FIR lodged under Anti-Terrorism Act, said Malik. Hamad Ameen Sadiq, who facilitated money transfer for the terrorist attack in Mumbai, has been arrested.
A Pakistani national, Javed Iqbal, who acquired the VoIP (voice over internet protocol) phones for Mumbai attackers in Spain, was also arrested.
Three boats were used from Pakistan to reach Mumbai. The engine of the rubber boat that brought the terrorists to Mumbai had been traced to a shop in Lahore, he acknowledged.
Pakistan had identified the boat that took the terrorists to the high seas, and was interrogating its crew. It had changed its name to cover its tracks.
He said the safehouses and training grounds had been identified in Pakistan. He said that Ajmal Kasab had been booked under the anti-terror Act.
He said the internet communication had been traced to Spain. The server of emails send by the terrorists was based in the USA.
The Pakistani reply to the dossier provided by India on the 26/11 attacks had been handed over to New Delhi, he said.
Mr Malik said that the Pakistan government had acted on information given by the Indian government and "had gone the extra mile." This "proves our sincerity in fighting terror," he said.
He said more information was needed on many aspects, including how the terrorists came to posses "7-10" Indian SIM cards.
He wanted details from India on how the boat carrying the terrorists was refuelled in the high seas.
Pakistan wanted the DNA samples of all the 10 terrorists including Kasab to establish their identity.
He said more informaton was needed on certain details, including a terrorist who was only named by India as "Ali".
He said Pakistan needed information from the US, Spain, Italy and Russia, from where the terrorists had routed their resources.
Earlier, Pakistan's response to the Indian dossier was handed over the the Indian high commissioner to Pakistan, Mr Satyabrata Pal, by Mr Malik.
The meeting took place a day after there was confusion over reports that Pakistani authorities had filed a case against Kasab, the lone terrorist captured alive during the November 26, Mumbai attacks and 12 others in connection with the strikes. The government had denied those reports.
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