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| Pakistan 'holds 124' over Mumbai | |
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| Pakistan says it has so far arrested 124 people in a crackdown on groups allegedly linked to the Mumbai attacks. | |
| Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik said officials had also shut several schools run by a charity linked to the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group. | |
| Mr Malik said the moves showed Pakistan was serious about fighting extremism, but it needed more information from India to prosecute suspects in court. | |
| India says the attacks were plotted in Pakistan. Islamabad denies any link. | India says the attacks were plotted in Pakistan. Islamabad denies any link. |
| Militant camps | Militant camps |
| Relations between the two countries have deteriorated sharply since the November attacks which left at least 173 dead. | Relations between the two countries have deteriorated sharply since the November attacks which left at least 173 dead. |
| Earlier this week, India's interior minister accused Pakistan of doing nothing to apprehend those behind the Mumbai (Bombay) attacks and said ties could "snap" if it did not co-operate in the investigation. | Earlier this week, India's interior minister accused Pakistan of doing nothing to apprehend those behind the Mumbai (Bombay) attacks and said ties could "snap" if it did not co-operate in the investigation. |
| School of terror?Lashkar-e-Taiba profile | School of terror?Lashkar-e-Taiba profile |
| Pakistan has dismissed India's dossier of evidence linking the attacks to elements in Pakistan as merely "information". | Pakistan has dismissed India's dossier of evidence linking the attacks to elements in Pakistan as merely "information". |
| Mr Malik said the authorities had so far closed down 87 institutions - including seven madrassas (religious schools) belonging to the banned Jamaat-ud-dawa Islamic charity. The organisation is widely seen as a political front for Lashkar-e-Taiba. | Mr Malik said the authorities had so far closed down 87 institutions - including seven madrassas (religious schools) belonging to the banned Jamaat-ud-dawa Islamic charity. The organisation is widely seen as a political front for Lashkar-e-Taiba. |
| They authorities also say that several militant camps linked to the 87 institutions have also been closed down, in addition to the main Lashkar-e-Taiba base in Pakistani-administered Kashmir, which was shut in December. | They authorities also say that several militant camps linked to the 87 institutions have also been closed down, in addition to the main Lashkar-e-Taiba base in Pakistani-administered Kashmir, which was shut in December. |
| The group's main commander, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, who has been named in India as being linked to the Mumbai attacks, was one of those arrested at that time. | The group's main commander, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, who has been named in India as being linked to the Mumbai attacks, was one of those arrested at that time. |
| Mr Malik made clear that the arrests had taken place since early December. | Mr Malik made clear that the arrests had taken place since early December. |
| The UN Security Council last month ruled that he and three other Lashkar-e-Taiba members should face sanctions for links with al-Qaeda and the Taleban. | The UN Security Council last month ruled that he and three other Lashkar-e-Taiba members should face sanctions for links with al-Qaeda and the Taleban. |
| They were issued with an assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo. | They were issued with an assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo. |
| The Security Council panel also said that the charity Jamaat-ud-Dawa was a front for Lashkar-e-Taiba and subject to sanctions. | The Security Council panel also said that the charity Jamaat-ud-Dawa was a front for Lashkar-e-Taiba and subject to sanctions. |
| 'Onus on India' | 'Onus on India' |
| The Pakistani government says that all those arrested are still in custody and all will be dealt with under the Pakistani criminal justice system rather than be deported to India. | The Pakistani government says that all those arrested are still in custody and all will be dealt with under the Pakistani criminal justice system rather than be deported to India. |
| The Mumbai attacks have generated a lot of public anger in India | |
| "We have done our best and the onus is now on India," Mr Malik said. | "We have done our best and the onus is now on India," Mr Malik said. |
| He said that a committee had also been formed of high level police officials to monitor the activities of Jamaat-ud-Dawa. | He said that a committee had also been formed of high level police officials to monitor the activities of Jamaat-ud-Dawa. |
| The BBC's Syed Shoaib Hasan says that doubts however remain over the effectiveness of the latest crackdown, especially given Jamaat-ud-Dawa's growing role as a rich charity in an impoverished nation. | The BBC's Syed Shoaib Hasan says that doubts however remain over the effectiveness of the latest crackdown, especially given Jamaat-ud-Dawa's growing role as a rich charity in an impoverished nation. |
| Our correspondent says that there is also concern that that the group's main centre of operations in Muridke outside Lahore remains open and many senior leaders remain operative. | Our correspondent says that there is also concern that that the group's main centre of operations in Muridke outside Lahore remains open and many senior leaders remain operative. |
| Speaking in India, the British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said that the Pakistani authorities needed to show "more urgency" in taking action against those responsible for the Mumbai terror attacks. | |
| "Pakistani authorities need to detain people and take further action like prosecution and action against them if found guilty," he said. |