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
New Delhi: Bangladesh High Commissioner Tareq Karim accused the Bangaldesh Opposition of being involved in the coup attempt against the Sheikh Hasina government. Speaking exclusively to CNN-IBN, Karim also said that the attempt to remove the government was linked to the 1971 war crimes trial. He further praised the army for foiling the coup attempt saying, "Bangladesh army is turning professional. The entrenched political elements are being thrown out." "We ...
04:52 PM, Jan 20, 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
Islamabad: The Jamaat-ud-Dawah, a front organisation for LeT which carried out the 2008 Mumbai attacks, is not included in a new list of 31 banned extremist and terrorist groups released by Pakistan's Interior Ministry. The Interior Ministry released the list of banned organisations on Saturday as part of efforts to bar such groups from collecting the hides of animals sacrificed during the Eid-ul-Azha festival. Hundreds of hides collected every year...
08:23 AM, Nov 07, 2011
Lahore: Making provocative comments again, Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed has vowed to enter India through Jammu and Kashmir. Saeed, the founder of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba and blamed by India for masterminding the 2008 Mumbai attacks, said, "From the door of Kashmir we will launch Gazwah-e-Hind (battle for Hindustan)". Addressing a meeting during a tour of several cities in Pakistan's Punjab province last week, he claimed that there was a...
06:21 PM, Jul 25, 2011
Washington: Some al-Qaeda operatives used New Delhi-based global missionary movement Tablighi Jamaat to get visas and fund their travel to Pakistan and lived for a while in and around the Indian capital, secret US documents released by WikiLeaks say. At least three operatives of the banned terror group, including a Somalian financier and a Sudanese recruiter used Tablighi Jamaat (TJ), said to be one of the largest Muslim movement in...
05:15 PM, May 09, 2011
Kochi: Congress in Kerala on Monday said CPM state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan must make it clear if the party had any understanding with the Jamaat-e-Islami for the April 13 Assembly polls. CPM, which had some time ago described Jamaat-e-Islami as a fundamentalist outfit, was now indulging in "opportunist politics" by wooing it on the eve of the polls, Kerala PCC President Ramesh Chennithala alleged. "In all the constituencies, CPM has...
02:31 PM, Apr 04, 2011
Islamabad: Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed on Sunday claimed that India wants to "weaken the freedom movement" in Jammu and Kashmir under the pretext of talks with Pakistan. "India is not sincere with Pakistan in talks. The fact is that India, under the pretext of dialogue, wants to weaken the freedom movement of Kashmiris and to complete the construction of controversial dams on Pakistani rivers," Saeed claimed during a meeting...
10:10 PM, Mar 06, 2011
There are about 100 full-time JMB cadres in West Bengal's 3 districts. ...
08:20 AM, Jun 21, 2010
Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen maintains terror training camps in West Bengal's Murshidabad, Malda and Nadia districts. ...
11:54 AM, Jun 17, 2010
JuD headquarters received a grant of Rs 7.9 crore in the supplementary budget of the Punjab government. ...
01:19 PM, Jun 16, 2010
The violence has targeted activists of different parties including the MQM, ANP, MQM-P and Jamaat-e-Islami. ...
02:35 PM, May 21, 2010
Pakistan says the new Indian dossiers do not have "actionable intelligence". ...
02:34 PM, Mar 04, 2010
Hafiz Muhammed Saeed says India has rejected his offer of talks. ...
04:08 PM, Feb 17, 2010
Conference is likely to be addressed by several terror group chiefs. ...
12:55 PM, Feb 04, 2010
He was reacting to Pakistan's claim that India had not provided any evidence. ...
04:35 PM, Jan 28, 2010
