US wants Pak to hand over Dawood: reports

The United States has asked Pakistan to hand over India8217;s 8220;most wanted8221; fugitive and international terrorist Dawood Ibrahim for his alleged links to al-Qaeda-related terrorists groups and involvement in the global heroin trade, a daily reported on Tuesday.

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI and the Drug Enforcement Agency DEA have sought assistance from Pakistan8217;s Interior Ministry, Anti-Narcotic Force ANF and the Inter-Services Intelligence ISI to hunt down Dawood in the Islamic nation, The News quoted sources as saying.

In fact, Dawood has been described by US agencies as 8220;an al-Qaeda facilitator now living in Pakistan who has already been placed in the same category as top al-Qaeda operatives with Interpol issuing a special notice against him8221;.

The Interior Ministry has responded to the request, saying that any such help was impossible since no such person by the name of Dawood Ibrahim lived on Pakistan soil.