Saeed's release angers India, Delhi to mobilize world opinion
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
New Delhi, June 2 (PTI) Angered by the release of Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafeez Mohd Saeed, India today said it demonstrates Pakistan's lack of seriousness to fight terror and probe the Mumbai attack amid indications that New Delhi would mobilise world community to put pressure on Islamabad.
Hours after the Lahore High Court ordered the release of Saeed, lined to last November's Mumbai terror attacks, following a six-month detention, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during which the issue is believed to have come up for discussion.
Foreign Secretary Shivshanker Menon was also present at the meeting where the discussions are understood to have focussed on the options India could exercise to put pressure on Pakistan in the wake of JuD chief's release.
US Charge d'Affairs Peter Burleigh also met Krishna during which the latter noted India's concerns over the release of Saeed whose JuD has been banned by the UN Security Council for its involvement in Mumbai attacks.
"It is regrettable that Pakistan has released Hafeez Saeed who has been part of terror outfits in Pakistan. The organisation (JuD) with which he has connections has been declared terrorist organisation by the United Nations Security Council," Krishna told reporters here.
"This only shows that Pakistan's seriousness to fight against terror is still under a cloud," he said.
Asked whether New Delhi will build international pressure on Pakistan, he said "India will take all possible steps in order to drive home its point." PTI
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Hours after the Lahore High Court ordered the release of Saeed, lined to last November's Mumbai terror attacks, following a six-month detention, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during which the issue is believed to have come up for discussion.
Foreign Secretary Shivshanker Menon was also present at the meeting where the discussions are understood to have focussed on the options India could exercise to put pressure on Pakistan in the wake of JuD chief's release.
US Charge d'Affairs Peter Burleigh also met Krishna during which the latter noted India's concerns over the release of Saeed whose JuD has been banned by the UN Security Council for its involvement in Mumbai attacks.
"It is regrettable that Pakistan has released Hafeez Saeed who has been part of terror outfits in Pakistan. The organisation (JuD) with which he has connections has been declared terrorist organisation by the United Nations Security Council," Krishna told reporters here.
"This only shows that Pakistan's seriousness to fight against terror is still under a cloud," he said.
Asked whether New Delhi will build international pressure on Pakistan, he said "India will take all possible steps in order to drive home its point." PTI
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Labels: Hafiz Saeed, India, Indopak Relations, Jamaat-ul-Dawa, Mumbai Attacks, Security Council, UNSC
posted @ 11:45 AM,
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Hafiz Saeed set free
* LHC bench decides govt lacks sufficient proof to detain petitioners
* Lawyer claims victims of Marriott blast were ‘bad Muslims’
Daily Times, Pakistan
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Staff Report
LAHORE: A full bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday accepted a habeas corpus petition, and ordered the government to release Jamaatud Dawa (JD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed and Col (r) Nazir Ahmad.
In its short order, the LHC bench observed the government did not have proof to detain the petitioners for “preventive measures”. “As far as the UN resolution is concerned, there is no matter before us about the vires and the government can act upon the same in letter and spirit if so advised. But relying on the same, the detention cannot be maintained, as it was even not desired thereby,” it read.
During the proceedings, petitioners’ counsel AK Dogar had claimed the government’s plea to detain his clients in the public interest was wrong. Members of the JD are good Muslims who follow the example of the holy Prophet (peace be upon him), he said, claiming it was part of a Western conspiracy to defame Islam. He said the government had made United Nations Security Council Resolution No 1267 its basis for detaining the petitioners, even though the resolution dealt with an arms embargo, freezing the guilty party’s assets, and banning them from travelling abroad, not detention.
Bad Muslims: Dogar submitted that the victims of the Marriott Hotel blast in Islamabad were bad Muslims who drank champagne. Defending the government, Deputy Attorney General Naveed Inayat Malik said Dogar’s arguments collapsed under Article 10(3) of the constitution, which contended it was not necessary to show grounds for detention in the case of preventative detention.
Saeed was put under house arrest in early December after a UN Security Council committee added him and the JD to a list of people and organisations linked to Al Qaeda or the Taliban. A spokesman for Saeed told Reuters the court order proved the JD charity was not linked to terrorism.
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* Lawyer claims victims of Marriott blast were ‘bad Muslims’
Daily Times, Pakistan
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Staff Report
LAHORE: A full bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday accepted a habeas corpus petition, and ordered the government to release Jamaatud Dawa (JD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed and Col (r) Nazir Ahmad.
In its short order, the LHC bench observed the government did not have proof to detain the petitioners for “preventive measures”. “As far as the UN resolution is concerned, there is no matter before us about the vires and the government can act upon the same in letter and spirit if so advised. But relying on the same, the detention cannot be maintained, as it was even not desired thereby,” it read.
During the proceedings, petitioners’ counsel AK Dogar had claimed the government’s plea to detain his clients in the public interest was wrong. Members of the JD are good Muslims who follow the example of the holy Prophet (peace be upon him), he said, claiming it was part of a Western conspiracy to defame Islam. He said the government had made United Nations Security Council Resolution No 1267 its basis for detaining the petitioners, even though the resolution dealt with an arms embargo, freezing the guilty party’s assets, and banning them from travelling abroad, not detention.
Bad Muslims: Dogar submitted that the victims of the Marriott Hotel blast in Islamabad were bad Muslims who drank champagne. Defending the government, Deputy Attorney General Naveed Inayat Malik said Dogar’s arguments collapsed under Article 10(3) of the constitution, which contended it was not necessary to show grounds for detention in the case of preventative detention.
Saeed was put under house arrest in early December after a UN Security Council committee added him and the JD to a list of people and organisations linked to Al Qaeda or the Taliban. A spokesman for Saeed told Reuters the court order proved the JD charity was not linked to terrorism.
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Labels: Hafiz Saeed, Jamaat-ul-Dawa, Security Council, UNSC
posted @ 11:12 AM,
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