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Jamaat-ud-Dawah confident Pak won`t hand over LeT founder
Islamabad, Dec 5 (PTI) The front organisation created by
Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Mohammed Saeed has said
the Pakistan government is not "so weak" that it will accept
India's demand for the handing over of the 'jehadi' leader and
ideologue in the wake of the Mumbai terror strikes.
The Jamaat-ud-Dawah also claimed that it was not linked
to militant activities in any way.
The Pakistan government is "not yet so weak that it would
hand over its own citizens to India", Jamaat spokesman
Abdullah Muntazir told reporters at the organisation's 75-acre
complex in Muridke, 30 kms from Lahore, while replying to a
question on the status of Hafiz Saeed.
Spokesmen and officials of the Jamaat have made public
comments and interactions with the media in the wake of
speculative reports in the media here that India was planning
to strike the organisation's headquarters in the wake of the
Mumbai terror attacks.
Hafiz Saeed's name is included in a list of 20 criminals
and terrorists whose handing over India has demanded from
Pakistan after the Mumbai attacks.
Yahya Mujahid, the chief spokesman of the Jamaat, said
though the group offered "philosophical" support to militants
in Jammu and Kashmir, it had condemned the Mumbai attacks and
claimed that neither the Jamaat nor the LeT was involved in
the incident.
Indian and US security officials have linked the LeT to
the attacks, believed to have been planned in Pakistan and
carried out by Pakistan-based elements.
Journalists from Western countries were Thursday allowed
to visit the Jamaat headquarters and briefed by Muntazir. "We
condemn India for putting (Hafiz Saeed's) name on the list of
terrorists...."
When Muntazir was asked by NBC News about Indian media
reports that a top official with LeT's political wing may have
been in contact with the terrorists who carried out the attack
in Mumbai, he acknowledged that the official "is one of the
central leaders" of the Jamaat but claimed that he "has
nothing to do with such kind of acts".
Indian authorities have said they have found the names of
several high-ranking LeT members in the satellite phone used
by one of the Mumbai attackers. PTI
Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Mohammed Saeed has said
the Pakistan government is not "so weak" that it will accept
India's demand for the handing over of the 'jehadi' leader and
ideologue in the wake of the Mumbai terror strikes.
The Jamaat-ud-Dawah also claimed that it was not linked
to militant activities in any way.
The Pakistan government is "not yet so weak that it would
hand over its own citizens to India", Jamaat spokesman
Abdullah Muntazir told reporters at the organisation's 75-acre
complex in Muridke, 30 kms from Lahore, while replying to a
question on the status of Hafiz Saeed.
Spokesmen and officials of the Jamaat have made public
comments and interactions with the media in the wake of
speculative reports in the media here that India was planning
to strike the organisation's headquarters in the wake of the
Mumbai terror attacks.
Hafiz Saeed's name is included in a list of 20 criminals
and terrorists whose handing over India has demanded from
Pakistan after the Mumbai attacks.
Yahya Mujahid, the chief spokesman of the Jamaat, said
though the group offered "philosophical" support to militants
in Jammu and Kashmir, it had condemned the Mumbai attacks and
claimed that neither the Jamaat nor the LeT was involved in
the incident.
Indian and US security officials have linked the LeT to
the attacks, believed to have been planned in Pakistan and
carried out by Pakistan-based elements.
Journalists from Western countries were Thursday allowed
to visit the Jamaat headquarters and briefed by Muntazir. "We
condemn India for putting (Hafiz Saeed's) name on the list of
terrorists...."
When Muntazir was asked by NBC News about Indian media
reports that a top official with LeT's political wing may have
been in contact with the terrorists who carried out the attack
in Mumbai, he acknowledged that the official "is one of the
central leaders" of the Jamaat but claimed that he "has
nothing to do with such kind of acts".
Indian authorities have said they have found the names of
several high-ranking LeT members in the satellite phone used
by one of the Mumbai attackers. PTI
