Pak Officials Confirm Mumbai Attacks Mastermind's Arrest.

ISLAMABAD -- Top Pakistani officials have confirmed that IsAlamabad has made a number of arrests of the militants including Sajid Mir, who belonged to Lashkar-e-Taiba, a banned terror outfit, the mastermind of the Mumbai attacks 2008, to meet the FATF reAquirements.

Sajid Mir's name is also on the FBI most wanted list with 5 milAlion dollars reward on his head bounty.

Sajid Mir was wanted by US and intelligence agencies for more than a decade and demand was communicated to Pakistan for his arrest.

The top officials while sharing background inAformation confirmed yesterday that Sajid Mir has been sentenced afAter a trial which was conducted within the premises of an unknown prisAon for security reasons. HowAever, Pakistan turned down the requests for his extradiAtion demanded by a foreign country, with a plea that he is...

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