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Pak President promises action against 26/11 mastermind Saeed | Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has promised that Islamabad would take action against alleged Mumbai attack mastermind and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief Hafeez Saeed.
"We'll take action against Hafiz Saeed," Zardari said while responding to a query
from a senior journalist of the Times Now television channel in London. Pakistan,
under pressure from the United States, slapped two cases against Saeed under the
anti-terrorism act. Saeed has been booked for delivering anti-state speeches in
his rallies, and collecting charity to fund terror activities. The cases have
been registered in Faisalabad. Pakistan's latest action against Saeed came hours
after the US Ambassador to India, Timothy Roemer called on Islamabad to take action
against the 26/11 Mumbai Terror attack suspects, including the Lashkar-e-Taiba
(LeT) chief. "There are five, probably six, suspects currently being held in Islamabad
in connection with the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. It is extremely important
that these six people be brought to justice and put behind bars and receive sentences
commensurate with their crimes against India, US and the world," Roemer said "I
hope that in future the action on 26/11 includes people like Hafiz Saeed. Recently
he was put into an Interpol red flag list," he added. Roemer said the Lashkar-e-Taiba
(LeT) is a regional and global threat to both the US and India, and stressed that
Washington is committed to defeating and crush the banned terror outfit. "It is
time to reflect on the common enemy of the US and India. We share concerns about
the LeT, Al Qaeda and the Taliban and the threat emanating from that part of the
world," he added. The remarks follow Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram's visit
to US, where he had briefed several ministers in the Barack Obama adminstration
about Islamabad's inaction against perpetrators of the Mumbai carnage. Interpol
has also issued a Red Corner Notice against Saeed, and Zaki -ur- Rehman Lakhvi
(another mastermind of the 26/11 attacks). The notice was issued after a Mumbai
court issued non-bailable warrants against both terrorists. |
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