Jawid said he also did not get compensation of Rs 10 lakh announced by the Centre as the DNA samples between Shabbir and his family did not match.
Passport agents and tour operators have told the police that many of the accused in the July 11 serial train blasts case had obtained "pilgrimage visas" for Iran, ostensibly for visting Shia religious sites in that country.
The quantum of punishment will be pronounced by the special NIA court on Monday, a spokesperson of the federal agency said.
According to the Inter-Services Public Relations, the media wing of the army, the terrorists attacked the security post in Dera Ismail Khan's Daraban area bordering the South Waziristan tribal district in the early morning hours.
Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah said the blast seemed to be aimed at sabotaging the Pakistan Super League final in Lahore.
All the four were found guilty of "conspiracy" to wage war against the government of India and sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment.
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The National Investigation Agency has arrested a suspected Myanamar national, who was allegedly trained by Pakistan-based terror group Tehrik-i-Taliban, from Hyderabad in connection with the Burdwan blast case.
At least six people, including a woman and three children, were killed Friday when a bomb planted on a railway track exploded derailing a passenger train in central Pakistan. Two bogies of the train derailed following the blast which took place near Bahawalpur in Punjab province, Geo TV reported. It said six people were killed and several injured in the blast.
Police heads of various units across Gujarat have been instructed to be on "alert mode" and keep a close watch on anti-social elements as well as sensitive areas to avoid any untoward incident.
Kasuri, who drove straight from the airport to Safdarjung Hospital to see Pakistanis injured in the train blast, said he had come here on a "mission to improve relations" between the two countries and "carry forward" the peace process.
Asserting that the visiting British police official was "impressed" with the investigations, Roy said a bigger team of UK police officials would be arriving here in the first week of November, as this was an "unscheduled" meeting.
The Crime Branch had already detained the two -- identified as Jamir Sheikh and Sohail Sheikh.
Merchant had arranged the finance for the blasts, and was also linked to conspirators Tiger Memon and Dawood Ibrahim.
Bhutto has said that if she comes to power, she will take firm steps against terrorist organisations.
Minister of State for Information Tariq Azim said Pakistan would take action if India provides evidence connected to Mumbai blasts. It will depend very much on what proof India provided, he told BBC.
The terrorists had spent around Rs six lakh on procurement of explosives and the Maruti Eeco car used in the attack, the NIA said in its chargesheet.
Facing embarrassment, the government has ordered an inquiry to find out how the name of an accused in the 2003 Mulund train blasts, living in a Mumbai suburb, has figured in India's most wanted list of fugitives handed over to Pakistan.
While the Pakistan Foreign Office was yet to react, Minister of State for Information Tariq Azam rejected the claim and said India could provide any evidence it has and that Pakistan will investigate it.
Pakistan and its spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence had played a vital role in imparting training to convicts to handle weapons and explosives, which materialised in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, the Supreme Court held.
Pakistan on Thursday said India was trying to "exonerate" individuals suspected to be involved in the 2007 Samjhauta Express blasts that killed more than 42 Pakistanis and sought "fair investigation" in the case.
The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad on Wednesday claimed that terror suspect Jaan Mohammad Sheikh, arrested along with five others by the Delhi police, had links with the 'D-Company' about 20 years back.
One accused was acquitted by the court.
He was rushed to Mumbai's JJ Hospital due to chest pain.
The American soldiers who were killed in a blast in Pakistan's Lower Dir district on Wednesday were members of the United States Army's Special Forces, which has been training the (paramilitary) Frontier Corps to fight against the Al Qaeda and the Taliban.The slain troopers were part of a 100-member strong military training unit, which was involved in training a paramilitary commando unit of over 1000 men, to carry out operations against Al Qaeda and Taliban militants.
Haroon Naik, arrested in connection with the 13/7 serial blasts here, had undergone training with Indian Mujahideen founder Yasin Bhatkal in Pakistan and sent Rs 10 lakh to him last March to carry out the bombings that killed over 25 people.
Eyewitnesses said they heard two explosions on coaches S4 and S4 of the Bangalore-Guwahati Kaziranga express as it arrived at the Chennai railway station.
The conspiracy was hatched in Mumbai and adjoining areas after taking training in Bahawalpur in Pakistan.
The Anti-Terrorism Squad of Mumbai police on Thursday claimed that four of the six accused in the July 11 Mumbai train blasts confessed to the exact roles played by them in the incidents.
The Indo-Pak foreign secretary-level talks to review the third round of composite dialogue process may be resumed on November 10
The Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad, a terrorist group with Taliban links, has issued threats of carrying out blasts in trains connecting religious places in India's Dhanbad district of Jharkhand.
The Centre on Wednesday said the probe into the Samjhauta Express train bomb blasts, in which 43 Pakistani nationals were killed, was still on to find out the identities of all perpetrators of the crime.
The unidentified youths shot Nijjar, a designated terrorist, inside the premises of Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sahib, of which he was the head, at Surrey at 8:27 pm (local time) on Sunday, they said.
With President Musharraf under pressure from the US, his continuance as leader of Pakistan is under a cloud, says Anil Athale.
Sardar Shahwali Khan and Altaf Ali Sayed were found guilty of aiding and abetting the blasts.
A TADA court on Thursday sentenced seven people convicted in 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case to rigorous imprisonment ranging from five years to life imprisonment.
"I collected approximately Rs 1.5 lakh to pay two Sudanese nationals, Jumma and Kamal, who promised they would give me a much larger amount in return," Shaikh Mohammed, an accused, who worked as a tailor in Pune, said.
Those sentenced had been convicted of throwing hand grenades at the Mahim Fishermen Colony.
Niyaz Ahmed Shaikh has been found guilty of conspiracy.
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