Pak had planned Mumbai 26/11 attacks admits former Pakistani officer

It is a major embarrassment for the government of Pakistan because, a high ranking Pakistani official has revealed the extent of involvement of Pakistan in the terror attack in Mumbai on 26/11 when 164 persons, Indian and foreign, were killed by a gang of terrorists.
These revelations have been made by former Director General of Pakistan's Federal Investigating Agency Tariq Khosa. As per his claims, convict Ajmal Kasab (since hanged) was a Pakistan national and Lashkar-e-Toiba trained all the 10 terrorists in camps in Thatta, Sindh.
This has been reported in ibnlive.com dated 4 August 2015.

His revelations are as follows –
Ajmal Kasab was a Pakistani national.
The LeT terrorists were imparted training near Thatta, Sindh and launched by sea from there.
The fishing trawler used by the terrorists for hijacking an Indian trawler in which they sailed to Mumbai, was brought back to harbor, then painted and concealed.
The engine of the dinghy abandoned by the terrorists near Mumbai harbor contained a patent number through which the investigators traced its import from Japan to Lahore and then to a Karachi sports shop from where a LeT-linked militant purchased it along with the dinghy.
The operations room in Karachi, from where the operation was directed, was also identified and secured by the investigators. The communications through Voice over Internet Protocol were unearthed.
The alleged commander and his deputies were identified and arrested.
A couple of foreign-based financiers and facilitators were arrested and brought to face trial.
In view of these revelations, the government of Pakistan would have to explain why it has maintained the stand that its nationals were not involved in the 26/11 terror attack on Mumbai.
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Motorcycle riding gunmen attack bus in Karachi, 47 dead, 24 injured

Six unidentified motorcycle riding gunmen attacked a bus in Karachi and left behind at least 47 dead and 24 injured as reported in tribune.com.pk dated 13 May 2015.
The bus belonged to the Ismaili community in Karachi’s Safora Chowrangi area near Dow Medical College. As per initial reports it has been revealed that the motorcyclists used 9mm pistols in the attack.
There weew many women and children in the bus and the gunmen attacked it from all sides.

Witnesses have indicated that although the capacity of the bus was 52, it was overloaded and dozens of people were trying to board it. Majority of them belonged to the Ismaili community.
It seems the assailants also got onto the bus to attack passengers who were inside the bus and left leaflets that had militant content.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attack but, Taliban splinter groups are known to have bombed several mosques of religious minorities.
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It has been reported by Pakistan's Dawn newspaper that the latest executions took place in Multan, Karachi, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala and Jhang.
It has been informed by the interior ministry that the men were terrorists, murderers or guilty of "heinous crimes". So far, at least 27 convicts have been executed since the moratorium of hanging was lifted. Most of them were militants. As per estimates, there are over 8,000 Pakistanis on death row.
It may be recalled that a moratorium on hangings was lifted for terror-related crimes because of the attack in a school in Peshawar after a Taliban attack in December. Over 150 people, mostly children, lost their lives in the attack.
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