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Linking Kasab to JuD part of `conspiracy` against it: Saeed
Rezaul H Laskar
Islamabad, Jul 25 (PTI) Hafiz Mohd Saeed, the chief of
the banned JuD accused of involvement in the Mumbai attacks,
has claimed that the linking of Ajmal Kasab, the lone
terrorist arrested for the 26/11 strikes, to his group was
part of a "conspiracy" against it.
Released from house arrest only last month after being
detained in December, 2008 in the wake of the Mumbai attacks,
Saeed made the remarks while addressing a prayer congregation
at a mosque in Gujranwala in Pakistan's Punjab province
Friday.
He claimed that the UN blacklisted the Jamaat-ud Dawah
(JuD) at India's request following the Mumbai attacks. Saeed
also alleged that the linking of Kasab to JuD was part of a
"conspiracy" against the group.
Saeed, who claims that JuD is a charitable body, went on
to question India's defence spending, saying New Delhi's
military budget was equivalent to Pakistan's total annual
budget. He also raised the bogey that Pakistan faced an
"existential threat" from across the eastern border.
The JuD chief, also the founder of Lashkar-e-Toiba
militant group, alleged that the Pentagon had a "secret
agenda" to disintegrate Pakistan and the country's current
rulers had no capacity to defend it.
Pakistan's rulers should desist from following former
President Pervez Musharraf's policies, he added.
Saeed also claimed that NATO forces would have to leave
Afghanistan by next year.
The JuD chief and several of his aides were put under
house arrest in December last year after the Mumbai attacks.
They were all subsequently freed.
Saeed and his close aide Col (retired) Nazir Ahmed were
released on the orders of the Lahore High Court in June.
The federal and Punjab governments have challenged the High
Court's order in the Supreme Court.
Kasab, the only survivor of a group of 10 terrorists who
attacked Mumbai in November last year, recently confessed to
his involvement in the assault in a court in India's financial
hub.
He also told the court about his training in Pakistan and
his links with LeT operations commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi,
who is among five persons facing trial in a Pakistani
anti-terror court in connection with the 26/11 attacks. PTI
Islamabad, Jul 25 (PTI) Hafiz Mohd Saeed, the chief of
the banned JuD accused of involvement in the Mumbai attacks,
has claimed that the linking of Ajmal Kasab, the lone
terrorist arrested for the 26/11 strikes, to his group was
part of a "conspiracy" against it.
Released from house arrest only last month after being
detained in December, 2008 in the wake of the Mumbai attacks,
Saeed made the remarks while addressing a prayer congregation
at a mosque in Gujranwala in Pakistan's Punjab province
Friday.
He claimed that the UN blacklisted the Jamaat-ud Dawah
(JuD) at India's request following the Mumbai attacks. Saeed
also alleged that the linking of Kasab to JuD was part of a
"conspiracy" against the group.
Saeed, who claims that JuD is a charitable body, went on
to question India's defence spending, saying New Delhi's
military budget was equivalent to Pakistan's total annual
budget. He also raised the bogey that Pakistan faced an
"existential threat" from across the eastern border.
The JuD chief, also the founder of Lashkar-e-Toiba
militant group, alleged that the Pentagon had a "secret
agenda" to disintegrate Pakistan and the country's current
rulers had no capacity to defend it.
Pakistan's rulers should desist from following former
President Pervez Musharraf's policies, he added.
Saeed also claimed that NATO forces would have to leave
Afghanistan by next year.
The JuD chief and several of his aides were put under
house arrest in December last year after the Mumbai attacks.
They were all subsequently freed.
Saeed and his close aide Col (retired) Nazir Ahmed were
released on the orders of the Lahore High Court in June.
The federal and Punjab governments have challenged the High
Court's order in the Supreme Court.
Kasab, the only survivor of a group of 10 terrorists who
attacked Mumbai in November last year, recently confessed to
his involvement in the assault in a court in India's financial
hub.
He also told the court about his training in Pakistan and
his links with LeT operations commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi,
who is among five persons facing trial in a Pakistani
anti-terror court in connection with the 26/11 attacks. PTI
