Pakistan says Ajmal's statement is 'one-sided'

As Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist from the 26/11 strikes, confessed to his role and named others involved in it, Pakistan today said his statements are "one-sided" and that it cannot take any action based on the confessions of a person who is "under pressure".

Reacting to statements made by Ajmal in a special sessions court in Mumbai today, Pakistan's defence minister Chaudhary A Mukhtar said they are "one-sided and I don't know how much one can value them [the statements] in the court of law.

"The statements are one-sided and they were made by a person who is in the custody of Indian jail authorities. If he has stood up and given this statement, I don't know under
what pressure he was," he told an Indian television channel.

Mukthar said the interior ministry is in touch with the Indian authorities and will get the full details of the issue.

The minister said India should hand over all the evidence it has in connection with the Mumbai attacks to Pakistan as Islamabad is committed to punish all those involved in the strikes.

"They [the confessions] are no evidences. These were provided by a person who is behind bars. We cannot crack down on people based on his statements," he said.