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No proof against Hafiz Saeed in 26/11 attacks: Malik
Rezaul H Laskar
Islamabad, Jul 28 (PTI) Pakistan has said it cannot
arrest outlawed Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed,
linked by India to the Mumbai terror attacks, since there is
no proof of his involvement in the 26/11 assault.
Saeed will not be arrested merely on the basis of
statements linking him to the attacks and the Indian
government has been asked to provide proof of his involvement
in any misdeeds, Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik has
said.
"We do not have any proof against Hafiz Saeed," Malik
told Geo News channel in an interview.
"We have demanded and we are demanding from India that
if you have proof, give (it to) us, but do not do propaganda.
I assure we will take action. But just on hearsay we cannot
arrest our citizen," he said.
"If New Delhi wants some credible action, it needs to
provide substantiated evidence," he added.
Malik said Pakistan had also sought information from
India about Indian citizens who were allegedly involved in the
Mumbai attacks. He claimed Indians were equally involved in
the incident.
He said India would have to provide information on how
the attackers travelled to Mumbai by boat without being
detected and who refuelled their boat at sea.
Saeed was placed under house arrest in December last
year after the UN Security Council declared the JuD a front
for the banned Lashker-e-Taiba. Saeed was freed from detention
on the orders of the Lahore High Court on June 2.
The federal and Punjab governments challenged his
release in the Supreme Court earlier this month. However, the
Punjab provincial government has said it could withdraw from
the appeal as the federal government had not provided
sufficient evidence against Saeed.
Five LeT operatives, including operations commander
Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, arrested by Pakistani security agencies
are currently facing trial in an anti-terror court for alleged
involvement in the Mumbai attacks.
Referring to the inclusion of Pakistan's concerns
about alleged Indian interference in Balochistan in the joint
declaration issued after the recent meeting between Prime
Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and his Indian counterpart
Manmohan Singh, Malik said evidence in this regard will be
disclosed at international forums at the appropriate time. PTI
Islamabad, Jul 28 (PTI) Pakistan has said it cannot
arrest outlawed Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed,
linked by India to the Mumbai terror attacks, since there is
no proof of his involvement in the 26/11 assault.
Saeed will not be arrested merely on the basis of
statements linking him to the attacks and the Indian
government has been asked to provide proof of his involvement
in any misdeeds, Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik has
said.
"We do not have any proof against Hafiz Saeed," Malik
told Geo News channel in an interview.
"We have demanded and we are demanding from India that
if you have proof, give (it to) us, but do not do propaganda.
I assure we will take action. But just on hearsay we cannot
arrest our citizen," he said.
"If New Delhi wants some credible action, it needs to
provide substantiated evidence," he added.
Malik said Pakistan had also sought information from
India about Indian citizens who were allegedly involved in the
Mumbai attacks. He claimed Indians were equally involved in
the incident.
He said India would have to provide information on how
the attackers travelled to Mumbai by boat without being
detected and who refuelled their boat at sea.
Saeed was placed under house arrest in December last
year after the UN Security Council declared the JuD a front
for the banned Lashker-e-Taiba. Saeed was freed from detention
on the orders of the Lahore High Court on June 2.
The federal and Punjab governments challenged his
release in the Supreme Court earlier this month. However, the
Punjab provincial government has said it could withdraw from
the appeal as the federal government had not provided
sufficient evidence against Saeed.
Five LeT operatives, including operations commander
Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, arrested by Pakistani security agencies
are currently facing trial in an anti-terror court for alleged
involvement in the Mumbai attacks.
Referring to the inclusion of Pakistan's concerns
about alleged Indian interference in Balochistan in the joint
declaration issued after the recent meeting between Prime
Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and his Indian counterpart
Manmohan Singh, Malik said evidence in this regard will be
disclosed at international forums at the appropriate time. PTI
