The Pakistan government on Saturday formally demanded the extradition of Ajmal Amir Qasab, the lone gunman captured alive during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, and his Indian accomplice, Faheem Ansari, Online news agency reported.

Interior Minister Rehman Malik, speaking to reporters after meeting Indian High Commissioner Sharat Sabrawal, said a Pakistani court had issued arrest warrants against Qasab and Ansari, which have been handed over to India so that Pakistan could move forward in the investigations on the Mumbai attack.

The minister said that the three Indian police officers who recorded Qasab's statement after his capture will have to come to Pakistan for its verification.