For the first time, Pakistan has admitted to the presence of one of India's most wanted terrorists Dawood Ibrahim but said he has been "chased out" and could be in the "UAE".
"Dawood (Ibrahim) was in Pakistan but I believe he was chased out of Pakistan. If he is in Pakistan, he should be hounded and arrested. We cannot allow such gangsters to operate from the country," said Shahryar Khan, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's special envoy for improving relations with India. The former diplomat stressed that if the gangster was in the country he would have been arrested by now.
He was speaking to reporters at a pre-launch event organised by the Indian Journalists’ Association for his latest book 'Cricket Cauldron: The Turbulent Politics of Sport in Pakistan' here.