Islamabad, Nov 05: Mumbai underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, whom the US recently designated as a 'global terrorist,' has shifted his residence from Karachi to Islamabad along with his associates and is in the process of winding up his operations in the Pakistani port city, a media report here said. Quoting diplomatic sources, Pakistani magazine 'Herald' in its cover story on Dawood said that ever since the us unleashed the war on terror in the aftermath of 9/11, the Indian gangster, wanted for a spate of bomb blasts in Mumbai, has moved out of Karachi to stay out of trouble.
"There are also reports that Dawood is trying to dispose off his properties in Karachi and elsewhere and has taken up residence in Islamabad along with a few close associates," the report said.
It said Pakistan intelligence officials want to see the ‘saga’ on Dawood to end quickly specially in view of the us designation and the subsequent forwarding of his name along with his Pakistani passport and Karachi address to United Nations to initiate necessary action.
Pakistan vehemently denied US assertions that Dawood lived in the country, saying that the address and the passport number mentioned to identify him were ‘fake’.
Bureau Report