Pakistan Denies Connection to 26/11 Accused Tahawwur Rana

On Thursday, Pakistan stated that it has no connection to Tahawwur Rana, a man accused of being involved in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. Pakistan’s Foreign Office spokesperson, Shafqat Ali Khan, explained that Rana is a Canadian citizen, born in Pakistan in 1961, and hasn’t updated his Pakistani documents in over 20 years.

Rana was part of the Pakistan Army Medical Corps but moved to Canada in the 1990s and became a citizen there. Although he was born in Pakistan, his official papers are outdated. Rana is linked to David Coleman Headley, a Pakistani-American who was a key figure in planning the Mumbai attacks. Headley surveyed Mumbai while pretending to work for Rana’s immigration company.

The 2008 Mumbai attacks were devastating, claiming 166 lives, including six Americans. Ten terrorists from Pakistan carried out the attack, which lasted more than 60 hours and targeted famous locations in the city. Rana faces accusations related to plotting the attacks and was extradited from the United States years later.