By playing the audiotape of Pakistan-based terrorist Sajid Mir, India on Friday delivered an unprecedented public exposé at the Mumbai UN counter-terror meeting, detailing Pakistan's role in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack.
He can be heard directing the attack on Chabad House during the Mumbai 26/11 terror attacks in the audio tape.
India produced undeniable proof against Pakistan by playing the audio recording. At a meeting of the UNSC's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) held at Taj Mahal Palace, senior Intelligence Bureau officer Pankaj Thakur played the clip.
It revealed that Sajid Mir was sending orders to terrorists at Chabad House during the Mumbai 26/11 terror attacks from Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
In front of a number of foreign ministers and diplomats from more than 15 nations, Thakur made this revelation.
Notably, Sajid Mir, one of the most wanted terrorists in India, is wanted for his role in the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks.
"Beginning on November 26, 2008, and continuing through November 29, 2008, ten attackers trained by the Pakistan-based foreign terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) carried out a series of coordinated attacks against multiple targets in Mumbai, including hotels, cafes, and a train station, killing approximately 170 people. Six Americans were killed during the three-day attacks," the FBI website reads.
Mir was one of the Pakistan-based controllers during the attacks and functioned as the attacks' chief planner, supervising the preparations and reconnaissance.
A short time after the terrifying incident, the CIA Station Chief met with Major General Akhtar of the ISI Analysis Directorate and gave him charts and communication intercepts that conclusively demonstrated that the attack was launched from Pakistan with the help of the ISI.
Meanwhile, China has blocked numerous attempts to designate a number of terrorists based in Pakistan in recent months. A proposal to list Talha Saeed, the son of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) leader Hafiz Saeed, was put on hold by Beijing this month. Under the 1267 sanction regime, India and the US both backed this bid.
China has denied an India-US proposal five times in recent months, protecting Lashkar-e-Taiba member Shahid Mahmood in October, Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Sajid Mir in September, LeT and Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) leader Abdul Rehman Makki in June, as well as Abdul Rauf Azhar in August, the brother of Jaish-e Mohammed (JEM) chief Masood Azhar.
Delisting Pakistan from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list was another point brought up by numerous Indian authorities, who said that doing so could lead to an increase in terrorist acts.
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has removed Pakistan from its "grey list" after learning that Islamabad would keep cooperating with the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering to advance its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT) system.
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