New Delhi: This is the second time Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari is coming to India on a personal visit. He was last here in 2005 to offer prayers at the Ajmer Dargah with wife Benazir Bhutto. But this time there's an element of politics too. He's expected to have an hour long chat with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. According to Pakistan foreign office, Zardari will also invite Manmohan Singh...
09:38 PM, Apr 07, 2012
Lahore/Islamabad: On the eve of his India visit, President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday said he did not expect the issue of Hafiz Saeed to be the focus of his meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, amid growing pressure on Pakistan to prosecute the LeT founder for his role in the Mumbai attacks. "My stance on Saeed is not different from that of my government. My visit to India is...
08:23 PM, Apr 07, 2012
Jammu: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will not mince words and clearly convey India's concern on terrorism and the need to book the perpetrators of 26/11 Mumbai attacks when he meets Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari in Delhi on Sunday, Union Minister Farooq Abdullah said on Saturday. Abdullah said it is vital to bring to book those responsible for the terror attacks including Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed, who is the...
06:18 PM, Apr 07, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress as well as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday demanded that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ask for strict action against Lashkar-e-Toiba founder and 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks plotter Hafiz Saeed when he meets Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari. The BJP raised the stakes ahead of Zardari's India visit on Sunday by demanding that India should take up the twin issues of Hafiz Saeed and Sarabjit...
03:24 PM, Apr 07, 2012
New Delhi: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari in his visit to India on Sunday will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over lunch. Driving the agenda, Pakistani supporters of 26/11 mastermind and LeT founder Hafiz Saeed came out to protest Zardari's day-long trip to India and a lunch stopover with Singh en-route to the Ajmer shrine. While officials say all issues will be discussed between the leaders, its the US reward...
09:52 AM, Apr 07, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Friday that any concrete evidence against LeT founder Hafiz Mohammad Saeed should be provided to this country to be examined by the country's courts. If anyone had any concrete evidence against Saeed, it should be provided to Pakistan as the country's courts are free and independent, Gilani said during an interaction with reporters at Hyderabad city in Sindh province. Gilani reiterated...
12:39 AM, Apr 07, 2012
Islamabad: Islamist leader Hafiz Saeed who had a $10 million American bounty placed on his head this week has been helping Pakistan de-radicalise militants under efforts to stabilise the strategic US ally, a top Pakistani counter-terrorism official said on Friday. Saeed, suspected of masterminding an attack by Pakistan-based gunmen on Mumbai in 2008 that killed 166 people, including six Americans, met government officials from the Punjab province and pledged his...
10:37 PM, Apr 06, 2012
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10:18 PM, Apr 06, 2012
Zardari and Singh are slated to meet at a time when the Indo-Pak relations are on the upswing. ...
09:06 PM, Apr 06, 2012
Lahore/Islamabad: Religious parties and groups on Friday held protests in different parts of Pakistan to condemn the announcement of USD 10 million bounty on the head of Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed. Saeed was himself present at a big protest gathering outside the JuD head office Jamia Markaz al-Qadsia in Lahore and urged the participants to wage Jihad against America. In his speech, the JuD chief who is also wanted...
07:51 PM, Apr 06, 2012
New Delhi: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari in his visit to Ajmer Sharif Dargah on Sunday will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over lunch. And his visit is grabbing all the attention and a lot of speculation on what discussions might take place during that meeting. While officials say that all issues will be discussed between the leaders, it's the American reward for Hafiz Saeed that is now taking centre...
07:10 PM, Apr 06, 2012
Bangalore/Islamabad: Ahead of President Asif Ali Zardari's visit, India and Pakistan on Friday indulged in a war of words over Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind of 26/11, with Islamabad maintaining that they have not received any "concrete" proof against the JuD chief and New Delhi asserting that no amount of denial by them can exonerate him. The remarks also come days of the US announcement of a USD 10 million bounty...
05:23 PM, Apr 06, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan on Friday rejected External Affairs Minister S M Krishna's remarks that India has provided adequate proof linking Hafiz Saeed to the Mumbai attacks, saying action could be taken against the LeT founder only on the basis of "solid evidence". Reacting to comments made by Krishna in Bangalore, Pakistan's Foreign Office said India had not given "any solid and significant evidence" against Saeed. The Foreign Office said "action can...
02:34 PM, Apr 06, 2012
Washington: The Obama administration on Thursday said it announced a bounty of $10 million on Hafiz Saeed to bring him to justice as it was convinced that the LeT founder had played a key role in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. "I don't believe he has (been indicted in a US court), but we certainly want to see him brought to justice," State Department spokesperson Mark Toner said. He also...
04:40 AM, Apr 06, 2012
Islamabad: The case of Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed is an "internal issue" and any evidence against him should be provided to Pakistan so that the courts can take action, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Thursday. Gilani made the remarks while responding to points raised by lawmakers during a joint session of the National Assembly and Senate about the $10 million bounty offered by the US for...
11:14 PM, Apr 05, 2012
Islamabad: Underlining that it cannot take action against Lashkar-e-Toiba founder Hafeez Saeed in the absence of concrete proof, Pakistan on Thursday said that even the US does not possess any evidence linking the Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief to terrorism. Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said it was "strange" that the US State Department had offered a bounty of millions of dollars for evidence and information against Saeed and his deputy, Abdul Rahman...
03:34 PM, Apr 05, 2012
New Delhi: Pressure is mounting on Pakistan to act against Lashkar-e-Toiba founder and Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed. This came after the US announced a $10 million reward on him. Islamabad instead of acting on the decision, is now demanding concrete evidence from Washington DC against the 26/11 mastermind and also against Saeed's brother-in-law and Jamaat-ud-Dawa leader Abdul Rehman Makki. Both the leaders are said to be moving freely in Pakistan...
08:01 AM, Apr 05, 2012
Washington: The US on Wednesday underlined that $ 10 million bounty for LeT founder Hafiz Seed is not about finding his location, but to seek information that can convict the alleged mastermind of the Mumbai terror attacks in a court of law. "We all know where he is, every journalist in Pakistan and in the region knows how to find him, but we're looking for information that can be usable...
04:02 AM, Apr 05, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan on Wednesday sought "concrete evidence" from the US against top Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) leaders Hafiz Mohammad Saeed and Abdul Rehman Makki following the announcement of bounties for them, saying this was necessary to "proceed legally" in the matter. "Pakistan would prefer to receive concrete evidence to proceed legally rather than to be engaging in a public discussion on this issue," Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said in response to...
09:09 PM, Apr 04, 2012
Rawalpindi: One of Pakistan's most notorious extremists mocked the United States during a defiant media conference close to the country's military headquarters on Wednesday, a day after the US slapped a $10 million bounty on him. "I am here, I am visible. America should give that reward money to me," said Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, referring to the fact that the bounty was given to a man whose whereabouts are not...
07:51 PM, Apr 04, 2012
