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RAWALPINDI: The head master of the school, where Ajmal Kasab had allegedly studied, appeared before an anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi where he presented educational records and stated that the person whose record was submitted was alive and could be produced in court if needed, DawnNews reported.
School teacher, Mudassir, had brought along with him records containing information on Ajmal Kasab's school admission and exit which was submitted in court.
During his cross-examination, Mudassir was asked about his last contact with Kasab, to which he replied that he had met with Ajmal Kasab a few days earlier.
He further said that he did not know the Ajmal Kasab who was hanged in India adding that Kasab was alive and could be produced in court if needed.
At least 10 heavily-armed men took siege of the Indian financial hub city of Mumbai in November 2008, killing at least 166 people in a three-day onslaught.
The siege ended after the army was called in, killing all attackers except for lone surviving gunman, Ajmal Kasab.
India had blamed Pakistan-based-militants for orchestrating the attack.
Initially Pakistani authorities had denied Indian claims of Kasab being a Pakistani national but had later confirmed that the only surviving attacker belonged to Pakistan.
Ajmal Kasab was later hanged in November 2012 in a Pune jail.
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May 08, 2014 01:56pm
It would be interesting what Geo has to say about this!
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May 08, 2014 01:56pm
A case of mistaken identity!!!
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May 08, 2014 01:58pm
In Pakistan when 5 month old can be charged as a killer then what the teacher stated here is also possible
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May 08, 2014 02:04pm
Next...Osama is alive ;)
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May 08, 2014 02:07pm
I saw the interview with Ajmal Kasab in the hospital. His language said it all. He did not speak like any Pakistani, had a completely different accent and vocabulary. So no matter how much media, who ran with the story without confirming it in Pakistan, wants us to believe this man is Pakistani he is not.
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May 08, 2014 02:07pm
@raja hindustani
The planing of row is as bad as the bollywood new twist to story
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May 08, 2014 02:08pm
Wonder what is the agenda behind this creative media exercise ?
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May 08, 2014 02:22pm
Hypothetical analysis, does not make any sense.
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May 08, 2014 02:23pm
@Feroz To misguide Pakistani youth and denied that something is wrong within Pakistan. Pakistani people are always pious, pure and innocent. Indian blame is baseless, so Pakistani youth be as you are. You are doing nothing wrong.
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May 08, 2014 02:27pm
All these stories are okay by 'Taquia' regulations
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May 08, 2014 02:29pm
Big planners from both sides. Nothing productive for poor public.
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May 08, 2014 02:30pm
Okay, can they produce the person they claim to be Ajmal Kasab? And if yes can we do a DNA analysis to find he is related to his family ?
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May 08, 2014 02:35pm
Hope that you realise, that statements such as this, or most other statements made by Pakistani people are never taken seriously in the world out there.
Wonder why?
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May 08, 2014 02:38pm
Wasn't it Geo who claimed that Kasab was Pakistani?
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May 08, 2014 02:42pm
It is quite astonishing that most of the pakistanis still believe that the mumbai attacks were orchestrated by indian agencies.
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May 08, 2014 02:44pm
I believe now it is meaningless if Ajmal Qasab is alive or not as India has executed him for her face saving in Country ..... and thanks to few Media Outlets of Pakistan who made very easy for India to prove that Ajmal was Pakistani.....
Why after long Silence now Pakistan is trying to do what she should have done at the time when this baseless allegation was hurled by India......
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May 08, 2014 02:47pm
@tankNZ all your comments look like u r from army
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May 08, 2014 02:48pm
After Prime Minister Z.A.Bhutto was hanged, I heard many people saying he is still alive.
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May 08, 2014 02:48pm
@nik That claim is support by Indian investigation authorities as well.
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May 08, 2014 02:50pm
Lo ker lo GAL :P
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May 08, 2014 02:55pm
This could be the fact because from the facial complexion the man hanged by India for Bombay attack never looked like Pakistanis. This man needs to be produced and a case taken up with India for staging a fake drama against Pakistan.
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May 08, 2014 02:57pm
@touseef May I know which Indian authority has claimed it..?
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May 08, 2014 03:06pm
Is "Ajmal Kasab" name was protected by copyright so there won't be any other person of this name.
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May 08, 2014 03:12pm
Mumbai attack was an inside just like the samjhota express, poor na
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May 08, 2014 03:20pm
@touseef Please tell me how would it benefit INDIA.. and which investigative agency proved it?
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May 08, 2014 03:28pm
This is too much.Pakistan is hilarious .
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May 08, 2014 03:31pm
@sameer and can you tell what is wrong with indian youths?
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May 08, 2014 03:32pm
What about BOKO HARAM in Nigeria....who say Allah Have Sent them to Sell girls and they will sell
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May 08, 2014 03:34pm
@tilikum and why Indian did not do DNA test of thenone the claimed that they hanged? And why Pakistani authorities were not allowed to meet him? Mind boggling
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May 08, 2014 03:35pm
@Amir Bangash
Thank you very much for your comment.
Its not your fault, everyone in Pakistan think only about the conspiracy theories and show off how they are victims of these conspiracies...
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May 08, 2014 03:35pm
Was he in come since 2008? Why wake up now?
Why go to the court? Why not simply come to media??
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May 08, 2014 03:37pm
@Bharat and how did you figure that out? By the recent IMF loan conditions or the Saudi and China friendship. Give some examples man
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May 08, 2014 03:39pm
Ajmal Kasab's father identified the terrorist caught by India was his son.
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May 08, 2014 03:41pm
There are a few things in this case which are like a puzzle for every one. Yes, I agree with most that the Ajmal Kasab who was hanged, did not speak like a pakistani of this area would do. Then the biggest problem, I have with the Indian story is when their government denied Pakistani investigators an access to Ajmal Kasab and other persons related to that case. I mean if they wanted Pakistan to punish the culprit through a fair trial then what would be their concerns in not allowing Pakistani investigators to talk to Kasab, the policemen who caught him and the indian investigators. I am not negating that possibly some people who sailed out from karachi really did commit the crime, but I find a few things in the case, including Kasab's identity to be fishy.
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May 08, 2014 03:42pm
Everyone please chill. First of all a single person act does not make the whole country to be affected so this is purely about a mistaken identity. Ajmal kasab took a name of a poor villager and a drama was staged
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May 08, 2014 03:43pm
Well, I wont be surprised if the agencies fabricates news that the real Benazir Bhutto is alive in order to protect Musharraf. It just talks about the depth of institutions in Pakistan.
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May 08, 2014 03:43pm
I love this one... where was this "Ajmal Kassab" or "his Teacher" all these years, while the other supposedly "mistaken identity Kassab" was being grilled in India... infact why is he hiding even now... he should be on talk shows world over.
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May 08, 2014 03:44pm
WOW! if this is true then India will have to face the music both classical & western.
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May 08, 2014 04:03pm
@Ali The problem with us is that we r frustrated with your administration which insists on developing hatred within our country by begging their way through continents. I have nothing against u ALi as I've seen the reporting done in ur country. Ur journalist make a living by breeding war sentiments, people like Zaid hamid who r regularly invited on national television talking about war against india, talking about killing hindus.. I mean how do you guys tolerate such people. Very recently, there was a narendra modi interview in India from which a pakistani news channel edited a few clips and showed in their news as if modi was praising himself for the gujarat riots. It was shocking..
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May 08, 2014 04:10pm
Hehehe m I reading some bollywood gossip? Where was these teacher-student living for last few years. Under d rock?
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May 08, 2014 04:11pm
Pakistan.., What a land of conspiracy theories!
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May 08, 2014 04:26pm
@Nomi
Baseless allegation? It is same story with Pakistan Never acknowledge the truth. Tomorrow we will be told the attack never happened. It was cinematic trick. Khair aap me to suna he hoga bandar ki dum kabi sidi nahi ho Sakti.
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May 08, 2014 04:31pm
This teacher means - India and US enacted the Mumbai drama to shame Pakistan !! David Headley's confession & trial in US etc were all fake?? I see from comments that some Pakistanis have believed it. Why are you so susceptible to conspiracies and rumors ? Is there something called logic when you read or think ?
Extending the same logic, can we say that Pak Army is behind all the suicide attacks so that its annual budget gets bigger and bigger or shall we say it is Pakistani government to get international sympathy and donations ?
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May 08, 2014 04:50pm
I remember The Dawn was the first South Asian paper to establish Ajmal Qasab's identity when its correspondent visited his village. Was this teacher sleeping all these years? What a cheap drama !
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May 08, 2014 04:53pm
As an Indian I really command the judicial system of Pakistan for trying this case and producing all the legitimate witness, this proves beyond doubt to any Pakistani that Mumbai attack is staged as 9/11 staged by America with help of zionsit.
America with Hindu zionsit plotting to destroy peace loving Pakistani people because they are so afraid of Islam.
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May 08, 2014 05:00pm
@NORI
Hmmm...... Same budget theory can be applied to, Americans weapon industry and Indian army budget.
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May 08, 2014 05:18pm
It would be a Bollywood/Hollywood thriller if Ajmal Kasab himself posts a comment here. This Ajmal may not be related to Mumbai Kasab - He may be Ajmal Kasab II.Request the teacher to post his photo with this AK
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May 08, 2014 05:35pm
@google
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May 08, 2014 05:39pm
@nik Maybe this should give you positive news that Pakistanis aren't interested in attacking and killing innocent Indians for their political or religious gains. If they were, they would proudly take ownership of this "heroic" act. Ponder it.
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May 08, 2014 05:39pm
The school teacher appears to have seen too many Bollywood old movies in which twin brothers are separated from each other in their childhood. The bad one becomes a villain who was hanged in India and the other twin emerges as a hero in the second half of the movie and who would now be dancing around the trees with his heroine. Notwithstanding above, the teacher should be interviewed by Geo TV to find out the truth and pinpoint the agency who planted him to belittle India.
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May 08, 2014 06:23pm
A case of a double identity, I suppose. And sure, the real Ajmal Kasab can be produced in the court.
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May 08, 2014 07:19pm
Ajmal Kasab was a person born and raised in Nepal. He could not speak Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashto or Baluchi. He was given a crash course in one of those languages. Go and figure it out.
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May 08, 2014 08:16pm
I think the problem with people is they are always in denial mode and everything they see is through the lense of conspiracy. Pakistan is almost 100% muslim country and they claim their ISI is the worlds best, than one wonders who is colluding with their enemies for this conspiracy theories to exist. Some times we need to have the guts to call a spade a spade than go into a denial mode.
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May 08, 2014 08:57pm
Another story which will throw Pakistani conspiracy nuts into a frenzy (which is their normal state, so no change!)
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May 08, 2014 09:53pm
@Bharat I would not deny the stupidity and mistakes on our end but on the other hand the fact is: world speaks language of business. "Where there is a business, there is go"
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May 08, 2014 10:09pm
The real Ajmal Kasab, who was most probably an Indian, probably got convicted appropriately. This Ajmal Kasab namesake that Indians found across the Line of Control probably just had the misfortune of sharing names with a brainwashed extremist.
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May 08, 2014 10:13pm
It's amazing how almost all the Indians believe the mainstream media. Researching internet is still not en vogue. In this world of information being ignorant is a choice.
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May 08, 2014 10:34pm
Is there any one with wise head? When will you come out of this denial mode?
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May 09, 2014 12:16am
@Amir Bangash
Facial complexion of Pakistanis is very similar to Indians. You talk as if Pakistanis are of European descent. I can never tell an Indian apart from a Pakistani, because they are both from the same stock.
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May 09, 2014 12:50am
Apologize to all our Indian friends for dawn to even print such a faulty news item on its web version without even caring to check the sanctity of the story. It cannot get any bogus than that. The case of this teacher mentioned in the story is of a person who continues to tell himself lies and in the end starts to believe in it. I, as a Pakistani national question the authorities of my country that what is the progress of Mumbai case and what have we done so far to apprehend all involved as well as what steps have we taken that this would not occur again?
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May 09, 2014 01:08am
Seeing and meeting is believing. Neither we saw OBL in Pakistan nor any Pak official was let to meet AK. Why? In both cases some information was attributed to Pakistan. Part of the plot to demonise Pakistan. Don't buy this bullshit. Nothing seen or met nothing believed
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May 09, 2014 01:26am
@Ram
He he he, I can see you are a Pakistani guy.
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May 09, 2014 05:55am
@Sid As if your media holds honors for accurate reporting. I have personally seen footage of news where the Indian newscaster kept referring to marble slab on which Javed Miandad used to practice as "kala Pather". One newscaster in one of the other shows kept discussing "Mushtaq Ahmed's beard" and tried to connect it to Kevin Pieterson's batting performance against Indian Spinners. How about Veena Malik's photos with the word ISI tatoeed on her shoulder. Does that spread love? Do you think that by insulting an independant countries public institution you are spreading love? By the way, what was the point of all that? I guess Indian public appreciates such jokes! Do you not think that portraying people in such manner hurts the entiments of other people?
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May 09, 2014 05:55am
@Sid As if your media holds honors for accurate reporting. I have personally seen footage of news where the Indian newscaster kept referring to marble slab on which Javed Miandad used to practice as "kala Pather". One newscaster in one of the other shows kept discussing "Mushtaq Ahmed's beard" and tried to connect it to Kevin Pieterson's batting performance against Indian Spinners. How about Veena Malik's photos with the word ISI tatoeed on her shoulder. Does that spread love? Do you think that by insulting an independant countriespublic institution you are spreading love? By the way, what was the point of all that? I guess Indian public appreciates such nude jokes! Do you not think that portraying people in such manner hurts the entiments of other people? It is funny to note gang rapers preaching love to other people.
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May 09, 2014 06:02am
Unbelievable. How do you expect the world to take Pakistan seriously? This is what passes for public opinion in this country. Everything is a conspiracy here. First it takes two months for govt. machinery to acknowledge that this man is Pakistani. Now some nut job comes along and says he has seen Kasab and the whole country starts believing it. First step to reform is to acknowledge that you have a problem. Pakistani's are in perpetual denial of the presence of evil in this country. I know its difficult to believe. But the evidence is overwhelming. Get over this delusion or else it will eat this country in another 10 years.
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May 09, 2014 07:02am
and the farce continues----india lies and the world lies ,we know most crimes of this kind are under agencies umbrella be it india,usa ,pakistan etc to use it for political purpose and create a fear among people of that country to pass a legislation which otherwise would not be possible---the real criminals are these govts and agencies since they are against their own public
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May 09, 2014 07:40am
@VR dude I am not check out my name my accent Chahe to Foto Bhi Beja sakthanhoon I don't look like a Pakistani from any any angle we Indians are very different from pakistan Our language culture is all very different you know, Hindi Aur Urdo mein Zamin Asaman ka pharke hey, Mere Zuban to Hindi Hai aur Urdo to Mere Samje me Nahi Ati,
But I Love shayari in Urdu 'Man Behlanke Accha Kayle hey Ghalib'
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May 09, 2014 09:37am
@Bharat, we also don't take your glued up country seriously either.
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May 09, 2014 05:12pm
@Zalmai. You will be really astonished to find the facts that the terrorist was not of Pakistani origin.
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May 09, 2014 05:45pm
Ha Ha HA , I can not stop laughing. Pakistan is worlds's best, rich and prosperous country and all other countries are trying to attack and loot Pakistan. They are doing different conspiracies to harm Pakistan. Reality, Nobody wants to go to Pakistan, there is nothing left in this country. What someone will get attacking it when this country survives on handouts from USA, UK and Saudi Arabia. Their own citizens are not safe in Pakistan. Most of the people are brainwashed and taught hating other religions since childhood. Soon there will be no minority left in it.
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May 09, 2014 06:26pm
Zaid Hamid...... Is that you. Stop eating the shrooms
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May 09, 2014 10:08pm
@Feroz , agenda is simple confuse the Pakistani people , and another blame to down grade geo, hehehe, Pakistanis are so ---pid.
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May 10, 2014 01:02am
@Sid i had seen your that news. Dear . And was laughing. They cut the clip in such a way that modi seems to say that he is proud about riots. Actualy he was talking " jo mene gujart mein kiya wo karta" it was about how he captured all the terrorist of surat blast in 18 days. But that news showed the clip in such a way that people think he was talking about riots. The whole clip is on youtube " janta ki adalat". But i think you tube is banned in pakistan.
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May 10, 2014 01:09am
@Ahmer in the internet one has written that kasab was from somalia. And also it is capital of france. Ha ha ha.
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May 11, 2014 11:48am
@Nomi
You are delusional. Get yourself checked. Face and accept reality and learn to deal with it
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May 12, 2014 10:21am
@Alex
I guess "ignorance is a choice" part was chosen then.
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