Hafiz Saeed Pakistan’s internal matter, says Gilani

Hafiz Saeed Pakistan’s internal matter, says Gilani

The Prime Minister of Pakistan Yusuf Raza Gilani on Thursday reiterated that Hafiz Saeed issue was Pakistan’s internal matter adding that anybody wanting a trial against the founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) should provide concrete evidences to Islamabad, which has an independent judiciary.

Addressing the joint sitting of parliament, the PM revealed that he had also telephoned the Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) President Mian Nawaz Sharif on Thursday and taken him into confidence on the issue.

Gilani was responding to points of order raised by the leader of the Opposition Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan and JUI-F chief Maulana Fazalur Rehman over the matter of the recently-announced US bounty on the amir of Jama’at-ud-Da’wah, an islamist organization that was declared terrorist organisation by the United Nations in December 2008.

Earlier on Monday, the US Secretary of State Wendy Sherman made an announcement in New Delhi that the United States of America was putting a 10 million US dollar bounty on Hafiz Saeed for his alleged involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.

Both the senior leaders, Nisar and Fazlur Rehman, asked the government to take a strong stance on the matter of Hafiz Saeed’s head-money as announced by Washington.

The PM informed the joint session that he had taken up the matter with US Deputy Secretary of State Nides, who called upon the premier on Wednesday, telling him that Washington had to respect Pakistan’s red lines regarding its territorial sovereignty and integrity

Gilani further maintained that in the past the case against Saeed had been dismissed due to a lack of evidence.

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