New Delhi: Pakistan's top investigative authority, the Federal Investigation Agency(FIA) on Wednesday accepted the presence of eleven terrorists who facilitated the 26/11 terror attack in Mumbai.
According to reports, Muhammad Amjad Khan of Multan who was involved in the purchase of the boat Al Fouz involved in the 2008 terror attack has been listed in the over 880-page long list.
Amjad also purchased a Yamaha MotoR boat engine, life jackets, Inflatable boats from ARZ water sport, Karachi, later used in the attacks on India's financial centre.
Shahid Gafoor from Bahawalpur, who was the captain of the boat Al-Hussaini and Al-Fouz use by the terrorists has been mentioned.
The list also mentions nine crew members of the boats used in the Mumbai terror attack.
These are Muhammad Usman from Sahiwal district, Ateeq-Ur-Rehman from Lahore district, Riaz Ahmad from Hafizabad, Muhammad Mushtaq from Gujranwala district, Muhammad Naeem from Dera Ghazi Khan district, Abdul Shakoor from Sargodha district, Muhammad Sabir from Multan, Muhammad Usman from Lodhran district, Shakil Ahmad from Rahim Yar Khan district. All are members of the UN listed terror group Lashkar e tayyib, sources said.
India has time and again lambasted Pakistan for its nefarious activities of terrorism against India stating that it should be termed as a terror state.
However, this move by the Pakistani government is seen as a pressure being mounted by India. Pakistan is compelled to take strong action against terrorists, defeated by successful diplomacy from India.
It is worth noting that the list mentions 1210 high profile and most wanted terrorists in the country but makes no mention of Hafiz Saeed, Masood Azhar, or Dawood Ibrahim.
Hafiz Saeed is a UN listed international terrorist, the mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, Masood Azhar, chief of Jaish-e-Mohammed was listed as an international terrorist last year after the Pulwama terror attack that killed over 40 Indian paramilitary forces.
Earlier this year, a Pakistan court convicted Saeed for 5 years for the financing of terror.
All in all, it has 161 most wanted terrorists from Baluchistan, 737 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 100 from Sindh, 122 from Punjab, 32 from Islamabad, and 30 from Pakistani occupied Kashmir on the most wanted list.
Reports suggest that the list, interestingly mentions the name of Altaf Hussain, Muttahida Qaumi Movement's (MQM) leader now living in London, Pakistan Opposition Party PMLN's leader Nasir Butt, and those involved in attacks on former Pakistani President Parvez Musharraf, former PM Shaukat Aziz.
Moreover, the Financial Action Task Force during its plenary session held last month decided to retain Pakistan on its 'grey list' cautioning that Pakistan would not be given a chance “forever” to address outstanding issues. Repeated failure to deliver on FATF’s action plan would result in a country being put in the “blacklist".
The FATF had said that to date Pakistan has only completed 21 of its 27 action plans and has failed to comply with the major points.
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