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US warns of 'damage to bilateral ties, Pakistan’s reputation' over Hafiz Saeed's release
[DAWN] The White House has called Pakistain's release of Jamaat-ud-Dawa ...the front organization of Lashkar-e-Taiba...(JuD) leader Hafiz Saeed  ...founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba and its false-mustache offshoot Jamaat-ud-Dawa. The United Nations declared the JuD a terrorist organization in 2008 and Hafiz Saeed a terrorist as its leader. Hafiz, JuD and LeT are wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Pak intel apparatus, so that amounted to squat... a "step in the wrong direction" and said a refusal to re-arrest him would damage bilateral ties and Pakistain's reputation around the world. In a statement on Saturday, White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the US "strongly condemns" the release of Hafiz Saeed from house arrest. She urged his "immediate re-arrest and prosecution". "Saeed's release, after Pakistain's failure to prosecute or charge him, sends a deeply troubling message about Pakistain's commitment to combatting international terrorism and belies Pak claims that it will not provide sanctuary for holy warriors on its soil," she said. "If Pakistain does not take action to lawfully detain Saeed and charge him for his crimes, its inaction will have repercussions for bilateral relations and for Pakistain's global reputation," Sanders said. On Friday, Washington had urged Pakistain to re-arrest Lashkar-e-Taiba ...the Army of the Pure,an Ahl-e-Hadith terror organization founded by Hafiz Saeed. LeT masquerades behind the Jamaat-ud-Dawa facade within Pakistain and periodically blows things up and kills people in India. Despite the fact that it is banned, always an interesting concept in Pakistain, the organization remains an blatant tool and perhaps an arm of the ISI... (LeT) leader Hafiz Saeed and charge him with the crimes he was accused of committing. Saeed was released before dawn on Friday after a three-judge panel in Lahore High Court ended his detention in Lahore. Saeed's front man Yahya Mujahid called it a "victory of truth." Addressing a sermon at Lahore's Jamia Masjid Al Qadsia a day after walking free, Saeed said he was "fighting for the freedom of Pakistain and Kashmire." The move outraged both US and Indian authorities. "India is outraged that a self-confessed and a UN proscribed terrorist is allowed to walk free and continue with his agenda," Raveesh Kumar, India's foreign ministry front man, told news hounds at a weekly briefing in New Delhi. Posted by: Fred 2017-11-26 |
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