Musharraf Appeals To Stop Terror

Pakistan Leader Urges 'Jihad' Against Extremism In National Address

(AP) 

"He has not lived at this house and we have not had contact with him for many years," said his father Rashid, who asked for his family to be left in peace. "There is no story that we can provide."

Also Thursday, Britain's ambassador said there have been no arrests in Pakistan related to the London bombings, contradicting reports in recent days by Pakistani authorities that some suspects in the attacks were in detention.

"Let me take this opportunity to clarify that there have not been any arrests in Pakistan since seven July related to the London bombings," High Commissioner Mark Lyall Grant said at a memorial ceremony for the victims of the attacks.

His comment at the headquarters of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League party came amid a nationwide crackdown on suspected militants that has led to more than 200 arrests.

Authorities are investigating whether the London bombing suspects received training or other assistance from militants in the country.

One bombers, Shahzad Tanweer, 22, is suspected of visiting a madrassa linked with militants in Lahore, Pakistan.

According to a report in a Pakistani newspaper, Tanweer revered Osama bin Laden. The English-language Dawn newspaper said Tanweer visited family members in November in Chak 477-GB, a farming village near Faisalabad, in eastern Pakistan. During his three- to four-week stay, he was visited by another suicide bombing suspect, Mohammed Sidique Khan, 30, Tanweer's uncle told the newspaper.

"Osama bin Laden was Shahzad's ideal and he used to discuss the man with his cousins and friends in the village," Dawn quoted the uncle, Tahir Pervaiz, as saying.