After denying for years, the Pakistan government has finally admitted that India's most wanted and the man responsible for 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, Dawood Ibrahim, is in Karachi.
Pakistan's confirmation was part of a list of 88 banned terror groups disclosed as part of its efforts to wriggle out of tough financial sanctions for helping terrorists.
Pakistan claimed on August 22 to have banned terror groups and their leaders, including 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed, Masood Azhar and Dawood Ibrahim, by ordering the seizure of all of their properties and freezing of bank accounts.
According to the country’s authorities, Dawood Ibrahim is residing in White House, Near Saudi Mosque, Clifton in Karachi, Pakistan.
In its order, Pakistan has also accepted India's contention that Ibrahim lives in Clifton Karachi. Under the address section, the order notes, "a) Karachi, Pakistan - White house, near Saudi Mosque, Clifton b) Palatial bunglow in the hilly area of Noorabad, Karachi", reported News18.
The order also mentions his various aliases along with his Pakistani passport numbers. Under the section on Dawood's various passports and their numbers, it details a list of five passports issued in Pakistan.
"j)(Pakistan number C866537, issued on 12 August 1991, in Rawalpindi. (k) c267185- issued in july 1996 in karachi (I) H-122359 - issued in Rawalpindi in july 2001 (m) G-869537: issued in Rawalpindi. (n)KC,-285901," details the order.
Out of the five mentioned passports, the country’s authorities claim that Ibrahim misued the August 1991 one and also another passport issued by Dubai in August 1985.
The Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) put Pakistan on the grey list in June 2018, and asked Islamabad to implement a plan of action by the end of 2019, but the deadline was extended later due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Since years India has claimed to have proof that Pakistan is sheltering fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim in the country’s largest city and financial capital - an assertion also confirmed by the UN.
Ibrahim allegedly masterminded the 1993 Mumbai bombings that killed 257, leaving hundreds of others injured. He is blamed to have planned, financed and organised the blasts with the help of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency.
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