New Delhi: The United States has backtracked on the bounty announced on Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief and 26/11 suspect Hafiz Saeed. The American Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter blamed the Pakistani media instead for misreporting the issue. Cameron Munter said that the reward was for any UN declared terrorist and it could apply to any country. He was quoted by the local media in Lahore as saying, "Though Hafiz Saeed is a...
09:49 PM, Apr 30, 2012
Lahore: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Sunday acknowledged that the case of Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed was an "issue" between Pakistan and India but said Islamabad needs "substantial" evidence against him to try him in a court of law. "We are serious on the issue of Saeed but the question is how to proceed against him without evidence. Courts are independent and we need substantial evidence against him," Gilani...
10:37 PM, Apr 08, 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
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
Lahore: The Defa-e-Pakistan Council, a conglomerate of hardline groups, on Thursday asked President Asif Ali Zardari to cancel his trip to India to protest the USD 10 million bounty offered by the US for Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Mohammed Saeed. The DPC, a conglomerate of over 40 hardline and extremist groups cobbled together by Saeed last year, had made a similar demand at a news conference addressed by its top leaders...
09:46 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
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
Islamabad: A combative Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief, on Wednesday dared the US to carry out a military raid against him like the one that killed Osama bin Laden, saying he was not hiding and would inform the Americans himself about his whereabouts. Saeed made the remarks while addressing a news conference with other leaders of the Defa-e-Pakistan Council (DPC) at Flashman Hotel in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, located...
05:26 PM, Apr 04, 2012
Lahore: The Jamaat-ud-Dawah on Tuesday tightened security at the residence of its chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed in the Pakistani city of Lahore after the US announced a 10-million dollar bounty for the man accused of masterminding the 2008 Mumbai attacks. Apart from the nine policemen from Punjab Police deployed at Saeed's two-storey home at E Block of Jouhar Town, the JuD posted more armed volunteers to ensure foolproof security. JuD...
10:28 PM, Apr 03, 2012
Lahore: The Jamaat-ud-Dawah beefed up security at the residence of its chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed in the Pakistani city of Lahore after the US announced a 10-million dollar bounty for the man accused of masterminding the 2008 Mumbai attacks. Besides nine policemen from Punjab Police deployed at Saeed's two-storey home at E Block of Jouhar Town, the JuD posted more armed volunteers to ensure foolproof security. JuD leaders said they...
08:02 PM, Apr 03, 2012
Islamabad: Hafiz Saeed, the Mumbai terror attack mastermind and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief for whom the US has announced a bounty of $10 million, said Tuesday this was because he had opposing the re-opening of NATO supply lines to Afghanistan, a media report said. Saeed told the Al Jazeera TV channel the US move had come as he had been organising rallies against the re-opening of supply lines to NATO forces...
03:53 PM, Apr 03, 2012
Islamabad: Outlawed Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed and Ahl-e-Sunnat Wal Jamaat leader Ahmed Ludhianvi played a cat-and-mouse game for almost six hours with police and paramilitary forces who were trying to prevent them from entering the Pakistani capital. Despite an order barring their entry into Islamabad, Saeed and Ludhianvi sneaked into the city on Tuesday and joined a rally organised by the Defa-e-Pakistan Council to pressure the government not to...
12:52 PM, Mar 28, 2012
Karachi: Thousands of members of hardline and outlawed extremist groups joined a rally in the Pakistani port city of Karachi on Sunday, with Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Mohammed Saeed using the occasion to target the US and India. In a fiery speech, Saeed said the 40-odd members of the Defa-e-Pakistan Council would oppose any move by Pakistan to give India Most Favoured Nation-status. "India will not be a favoured nation. We...
10:27 PM, Feb 12, 2012
Kochi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday said Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, was not 'sufficiently and vigorously prosecuted' as both Pakistani Government and Judiciary had taken the line of 'least resistance'. "I think he has not been sufficiently and vigorously prosecuted and the reason for that is that both government of Pakistan and the judiciary have taken the line of least...
06:21 PM, Feb 03, 2012
Islamabad: Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed appeared to lose his cool on a TV talk show on Thursday when parliamentarian Mani Shankar Aiyar questioned his contention that Indians did not accept Pakistan, and said he should be arrested and brought before a terrorism court. The host of the show suddenly introduced Saeed, the alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, on a phone link while Aiyar was in...
08:05 AM, Feb 03, 2012
Srinagar: Hurriyat Chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq had a tough time in Sopore town today when supporters of pro-Pakistan separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani hurled 'Kangris' and stones. Sopore town, 55 km from here, has been the traditional bastion of Geelani, who heads the breakaway faction of Hurriyat, and his party Jamaat-e-Islamia and has frequently targeted Hurriyat leaders from the moderate rival faction. The supporters of the two factions clashed...
08:30 PM, Dec 16, 2011
New Delhi: Hundreds gathered outside the American consulate in Karachi in Pakistan to protest against a NATO air attack that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. The Jamaat-ud-Dawah and Jamaat-e-Islami have called for jihad if the US does not vacate the Shamsi airbase in 15 days. The US has said that that it will conduct its own investigation into the matter. Afghanistan and NATO officials have debunked Pakistan's claim of it being...
08:40 AM, Nov 28, 2011
Lahore: The Jamaat-ud-Dawah, blamed for the 2008 Mumbai attacks, on Thursday organised a rally to protest the Pakistan government's move to give Most Favoured Nation-status to India. JuD leaders who addressed the rally accused India of being behind shortage of water that is affecting Pakistani farmers. Several farmers riding tractors participated in the rally, which wound its way from from Azadi Chowk to Nasir Bagh Chowk. Senior JuD leader Ameer...
08:48 AM, Nov 25, 2011
Islamabad: The Jamaat-ud-Dawah, blamed for the 2008 Mumbai attacks, has threatened to organise a sit-in protest at the Wagah land border crossing if Pakistan grants Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India. JuD leaders, including Ameer Hamza, Hasnain Siddique and Hafiz Khalid Waleed, issued the warning while addressing a gathering at Chowburji in Lahore during a protest organised on Saturday to oppose the move to grant India MFN status. JuD...
07:31 PM, Nov 19, 2011
