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Pranab justifies Malik`s observation on Kasab
Union Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said Pakistan`s Interior Minister Rehman Malik has rightly commented that Ajmal Kasab, should be hanged.
Kolkata: Union Finance minister Pranab
Mukherjee on Thursday night said Pakistan`s Interior Minister Rehman
Malik has rightly commented that Ajmal Kasab, the lone
surviving Pakistani terrorist in the 26/11 attack, should be
hanged.
"He (Rehman Malik) has rightly said it," Mukherjee told reporters at his residence here while commenting on Malik`s remark that Kasab is a terrorist who should be hanged. Pakistan Interior Minister said at Addu in Maldives that Ajmal Kasab is a terrorist, a non-state actor and he should be sent to gallows.
Asked for his comment on Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah`s demand for repeal of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from some parts of the state and also the Army`s reservation on such a demand, Mukherjee refused to comment. "I will not react to anybody`s observation," he said.
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"He (Rehman Malik) has rightly said it," Mukherjee told reporters at his residence here while commenting on Malik`s remark that Kasab is a terrorist who should be hanged. Pakistan Interior Minister said at Addu in Maldives that Ajmal Kasab is a terrorist, a non-state actor and he should be sent to gallows.
Asked for his comment on Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah`s demand for repeal of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from some parts of the state and also the Army`s reservation on such a demand, Mukherjee refused to comment. "I will not react to anybody`s observation," he said.
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