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As Valley burns, Hafiz Saeed cries ‘jihad’

LAHORE: Amid growing tensions in Jammu and Kashmir, Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed has pledged full support to the Kashmiris in their struggle for freedom and said he backed ‘jihad’ in the troubled state in concert with Pakistani government and the army.



Lahore, April 18

Amid growing tensions in Jammu and Kashmir, Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed has pledged full support to the Kashmiris in their struggle for freedom and said he backed ‘jihad’ in the troubled state in concert with Pakistani government and the army.

 He also warned that the movement for attaining freedom will intensify in the coming days, forcing India to give up Kashmir.

 “Jihad is the duty of an Islamic government...there is a government in Pakistan and it has always 

taken the stand that it is the right of Kashmiris to attain freedom.

“I say what our army will do to secure the right of the Kashmiris is jihad....We extend help to Kashmiris alongside the  the Pakistani government....we call this jihad,” he said in a TV interview. — PTI

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