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Hafiz Saeed and the US
Principle is that a man should be detained if there is sufficient evidence of him being involved in a particular crime
ISLAMABAD: This is with reference to Ejaz Haider’s article of April 5 titled “Emperor Nero and the US”. I am horrified at the number of Pakistanis who have no problem in Hafiz Saeed being handed over to the US government. Personally, I have never been inspired by Saeed, and I have no sympathy whatsoever with whatever cause he may be involved in, but the principle is that a man should be detained if there is sufficient evidence of him being involved in a particular crime.
The US bounty announcement clearly establishes that for now there is no evidence because the reward is for evidence leading to his conviction. Compare this to the case of Raymond Davis, a US citizen who killed two Pakistani men in broad daylight and managed to leave the country without any punishment except for the few weeks he was kept in what was more or less protective custody.
Why are we so insistent on handing over our citizens to a foreign country? If there is a case against Hafiz Saeed why can he not be tried in a Pakistani court? There may be some people who may not agree with Saeed’s worldview or may not like the fact that he has a beard but they should think at least about keeping their country’s sovereignty intact.
Sarah Khan
Published in The Express Tribune, April 7th, 2012.
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Dear Sarah
Do you seriously believe that we are a ‘sovereign’ functioning country? If we were a functioning democratic country like most progressive respected nations in the world, perhaps the likes of Hafiz Saeed wouldn’t have been allowed to roam freely and preach nothing but hatred and perhaps plan and encourage massacres of innocent people here and abroad.
Many thanks.
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@Sarah:
1. It is unrealistic expectation of Pakistan to demand proof of terrorist training and support that likes of Saeed provide on Pakistani soil.
2. Pakistan government admitted that kasab is pakistani citizen who got training on Pakistani soil. Then it becomes responsibility of people in power in Pakistan to tell the world who gave him training ,resources and motivation and punish responsible people.
3. Kasab’s confession immediately after his capture is available on youtube, in which he took name of L-e-T and Jamad ud Dawah and Zakiur rehman lakhvi.
4. Jamat ud dawah was banned by pakistan when UN asked it to and even then it operates openly in pakistan.
5.There have been open claims of responsibilities by terrorist groups based in pakistan in earlier bombings in India and Pakistan is yet to arrest anyone for these atrocities like in 2006 mumbai train bombings and 2005 Delhi bombings.
6.There are videos available on youtube with Hafiz Saeed sharing stage with known terrorists.
7. There is another video of HAfiz Saeed in some Kashmir rally where a Jamat ud dawah person calls for release of Zaki ur rehman and then goes on to ask cameramen to off their camera because Saeed was next speaker.
8. There is a big list of terrorist attacks which were traced back to Pakistan and Pakistan is yet to act on any of those.
You don’t have to be sherlock holmes to connect the dots.
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