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Saeed release:India says Pak lacks seriousness to fight terror
New Delhi, June 2 (PTI) Angry at the release of
Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Mohd Saeed, India on Tuesday
said it demonstrates Pakistan's lack of seriousness to fight
terror and raises serious doubts about its commitment to probe
the Mumbai attack.
"It is regrettable that Pakistan has released Hafiz
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," India's External Affairs Minister S M Krishna told
reporters here while reacting to the development in Lahore.
"This only shows that Pakistan's seriousness to fight
against terror is still under a cloud," he said.
Home Minister of India P Chidambaram said: "It is a
commentary on the commitment of Pakistan to investigate the
perpetrators of the Mumbai attack."
Commenting on the release, he said: "We are unhappy that
Pakistan does not show the degree of seriousness and
commitment that it should to bring to justice perpetrators of
the Mumbai terror attack."
He, however, underlined that the development will not
cause any setback to India's investigations into the attack.
Saeed was put under house arrest on December 11 last
year after the UN Security Council banned JuD, declaring it a
front for Lashkar-e-Taiba, which is blamed by India for the
November 26 Mumbai attacks.
Expressing "disappointment" over the release of the
chief of JuD, Lashkae-e-Taiba's front organisation, India's
External Affairs Ministry spokesman Vishnu Prakash said: "It
is regrettable that notwithstanding this background and the
international obligations it entails on Pakistan, he has been
released."
He said Saeed's release "raises serious doubts over
Pakistan's sincerity in acting with determination against
terrorist groups and individuals operating from its
territory".
Prakash noted that Saeed is the head of JuD and LeT,
which are listed by the UN under UNSC Resolution 1267 as being
affiliates of Al-Qaida and the Taliban.
"Hafiz Saeed is specifically listed as linked to these
terrorist groups," he said, adding "these actions by Pakistan
raise questions about sincerity of Pakistan's investigations
into the conspiracy that planned, launched and executed the
terrorist attack on Mumbai in which hundreds of innocent
Indians and foreign nationals lost their lives."
Prakash said Saeed, the Lashkar-e-Taiba and the
Jamat-ud-Dawa "have a long and well established background of
planning and launching terrorist acts against India. His
professed ideology and public statements leave no doubt as to
his terrorist inclinations."
He also pointed out that Pakistan was yet to report the
progress of the investigations that it had committed to
undertake into that conspiracy. PTI PYK
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Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Mohd Saeed, India on Tuesday
said it demonstrates Pakistan's lack of seriousness to fight
terror and raises serious doubts about its commitment to probe
the Mumbai attack.
"It is regrettable that Pakistan has released Hafiz
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," India's External Affairs Minister S M Krishna told
reporters here while reacting to the development in Lahore.
"This only shows that Pakistan's seriousness to fight
against terror is still under a cloud," he said.
Home Minister of India P Chidambaram said: "It is a
commentary on the commitment of Pakistan to investigate the
perpetrators of the Mumbai attack."
Commenting on the release, he said: "We are unhappy that
Pakistan does not show the degree of seriousness and
commitment that it should to bring to justice perpetrators of
the Mumbai terror attack."
He, however, underlined that the development will not
cause any setback to India's investigations into the attack.
Saeed was put under house arrest on December 11 last
year after the UN Security Council banned JuD, declaring it a
front for Lashkar-e-Taiba, which is blamed by India for the
November 26 Mumbai attacks.
Expressing "disappointment" over the release of the
chief of JuD, Lashkae-e-Taiba's front organisation, India's
External Affairs Ministry spokesman Vishnu Prakash said: "It
is regrettable that notwithstanding this background and the
international obligations it entails on Pakistan, he has been
released."
He said Saeed's release "raises serious doubts over
Pakistan's sincerity in acting with determination against
terrorist groups and individuals operating from its
territory".
Prakash noted that Saeed is the head of JuD and LeT,
which are listed by the UN under UNSC Resolution 1267 as being
affiliates of Al-Qaida and the Taliban.
"Hafiz Saeed is specifically listed as linked to these
terrorist groups," he said, adding "these actions by Pakistan
raise questions about sincerity of Pakistan's investigations
into the conspiracy that planned, launched and executed the
terrorist attack on Mumbai in which hundreds of innocent
Indians and foreign nationals lost their lives."
Prakash said Saeed, the Lashkar-e-Taiba and the
Jamat-ud-Dawa "have a long and well established background of
planning and launching terrorist acts against India. His
professed ideology and public statements leave no doubt as to
his terrorist inclinations."
He also pointed out that Pakistan was yet to report the
progress of the investigations that it had committed to
undertake into that conspiracy. PTI PYK
RAI
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