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Pakistan should arrest, charge JuD chief Hafiz Saeed for his crimes: US

NEW DELHI: The US on Friday asked the Pakistan Government to make sure that Hafiz Saeed is arrested and charged for his crimes, following the release of the 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind and JuD chief from house arrest.

Pakistan should arrest, charge JuD chief Hafiz Saeed for his crimes: US

Pakistani head of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) organisation Hafiz Saeed (L) arrives to offer Friday prayers at Jamia AL Qadsia Masjid following his released in Lahore on November 24, 2017. AFP



Smita Sharma

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, November 24

The US on Friday asked the Pakistan Government to make sure that Hafiz Saeed is arrested and charged for his crimes, following the release of the 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind and JuD chief from house arrest.

Expressing ‘deep concern’ over Lahore High Court Judicial Review Board’s release order, State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert sought his re-arrest.

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“The LeT is a designated Foreign Terrorist Organisation responsible for the death of hundreds of innocent civilians in terrorist attacks, including a number of American citizens.  The Pakistani government should make sure that he is arrested and charged for his crimes.” Nauert said.

Read: JuD chief Hafiz Saeed walks free; vows to fight for ‘Kashmir cause’

Hafiz Saeed gives Friday sermon after release from house arrest

Saeed is as a specially-designated Global Terrorist by the US Treasury Department since May 2008.

Following the horrendous killing of 166 people, including six American nationals in the Mumbai massacre, UN had proscribed Hafiz Saeed in 2008 as a global terrorist.

In 2012, the US Justice Department also announced a 10 million USD reward for actionable evidence against Saeed.

“LeT and several of its front organisations, leaders, and operatives remain under both State Department and Treasury Department sanction,” said the State Department spokesperson.

However, the LeT was recently de-linked from the Congressional certification process for providing aid to Pakistan.

Hafiz Saeed’s detention since January this year was considered a damage control move under pressure from the new Trump administration and Financial Action Task Force Committee.

But the house arrest was a far cry from meaningful efforts towards bringing the Mumbai attacks perpetrators to justice.

Saeed walked out a free man just ahead of the ninth anniversary of the Mumbai attacks and spewed poison against India on Kashmir in a video message upon his release.

India had on Thursday expressed outrage over Saeed’s release alleging Pakistan of attempting to “mainstream proscribed terrorists”.

“His release confirms once again the lack of seriousness on the part of Pakistani government in bringing to justice perpetrators of heinous acts of terrorism, including by individuals and entities designated by the United Nations,” MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar had said.

The American statement on Saeed comes just days ahead of the expected visit of Defence Secretary James Mattis to Islamabad.

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