NEW DELHI: Former Pakistan National Security Adviser Mahmud Ali Durrani has admitted that 2008 Mumbai terror attacks+ were carried out by a terror group based in Pakistan.
At the same time, Durrani, however, said the Pakistani government had no role in the Mumbai attacks.
Durrani was speaking at a conference on combating terrorism at the Institute of Defence Studies and Analysis in Delhi.
“26/11 Mumbai strike, carried out by a terror group based in Pakistan, was a classic trans-border terrorist event”, he added.
The former Pakistan NSA also hit out at JUD chief Hafiz Saeed+ .”Hafiz Saeed has no utility, we should act against him,” Durrani said.
India had earlier this month asked Pakistan to reinvestigate the 2008 Mumbai terror attack case+ and put on trial Jammat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Saeed who is currently under house arrest in Lahore under the anti-terrorism law.