ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: Pakistan urged India on Tuesday to provide credible information about people named in a list, provided to Islamabad, of suspects allegedly involved in the Mumbai terrorist attacks.

A senior interior ministry official said the list was the same which New Delhi had been providing for several years and contained names of Pakistanis and Indian nationals.

He said Pakistan had repeatedly told India that some of these people were not in Pakistan and that solid evidence was needed for taking action against those who were in the country.

The list included the name of an Indian national and an alleged gangster Dawood Ibrahim, founder of militant organisation Jaish-i-Mohammad Maulana Masood Azhar, founder of another banned militant outfit Lashkar-i-Tayba Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, some Sikh Indian nationals who were allegedly involved in an abortive secessionist movement and said to be hiding in Pakistan.

About Dawood Ibrahim, the government has already told the Indian government that he is reported to be living in

Dubai and has never visited Pakistan.

About other Pakistani nationals whose names were on the list, Pakistan had told the Indian government that although they were in Pakistan, but action could only be taken against them only if credible evidence was provided.

The sources said the same list had been provided a few days ago by Indian Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta to his Pakistani counterpart Syed Kamal Shah during talks held under the composite dialogue.

The Indian government had also demanded action against Lashkar-i-Tayba and Pakistani government had told India that the organisation had already been banned and was under strict surveillance.

The Indian government, the sources said, should provide some concrete evidence against the organisation for action to be taken against it.

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