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‘Nationality not proved’

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will not act on the request for legal aid by Ajmal Amir, the lone terrorist captured for the Mumbai attacks, unless it is proved that he is a Pakistani, Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik has said.

“There is no question of consular access unless it is proved that Ajmal Kasab is a Pakistan national,” Mr. Malik told reporters on the sidelines of a function at the headquarters of the National Database and Registration Authority on Wednesday.

“We have thoroughly checked the registration record but have not found his name in the NADRA database,” he said.

“Therefore we are not sure whether he is a Pakistani. How can we give him consular access without knowledge about his nationality?” — PTI