"India has been claiming from Day I that they used the sea route but we don't have any evidence," Admiral Noman Bashir said.
But it isn't evidence from India but Pakistan that Admiral Noman Bashir seems to doubt. Just two weeks after the Interior Minister Rehman Malik detailed the sea route Kasab and the other nine terrorists took giving the number of boats used, Admiral Bashir's remark seems to contradict Malik.
If there's no evidence that Kasab and the nine other terrorists took the sea-route then why did Pakistan Interior Minister name three boats, arrested the engine-seller for boats used by the terrorists and seized bank accounts of men who bought them.
The Admiral may still be unsure over whether Kasab and the attackers came to Mumbai by sea but not about whose fault it is.
"They (Mumbai attackers) dodged a navy that is 10 times the size of Pakistan Navy and a coast guard that is 12 times Pakistan Coast Guards. So you can imagine," Admiral Bashir added.
In India, External Affairs Minister of State and Information and Broadcasting Minister of State Anand Sharma was quick to take a dig at the Pakistani see-saw.
"This multiple speak, duplicity and denial creates confusion. We cannot say for them. they have to decide and speak in one voice," said Anand Sharma.
Sharma's words were followed closely by a barb from Home Minister P Chidambaram.
"Well I don't wish to receive any certificate of appreciation or criticism from the Pakistan Navy. I am sure that somebody will deny tomorrow what the Pakistan Navy has said," said Chidambaram.
Whatever the reason, Admiral Bashir's statement has left many wondering both in Islamabad and New Delhi.
Is Pakistan preparing for another turnaround in the 26/11 investigations, or is it more evidence of the growing fissure between its political and military establishment?
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