Chief of United Jihad Council had claimed responsibility for the Pathankot attack in India. PHOTO: FILE
MUZAFFARABAD: The chief of alliance fighting for an end to Indian rule in divided Kashmir openly condemned on Wednesday a crackdown by the government against another group India blames for an attack on an air base.
Syed Salahuddin, the chairman of the United Jihad Council (UJC), an alliance of groups based in the Pakistani-administered Kashmir, had claimed responsibility for the assault in Pathankot on January 2.
The claim of responsibility was met with a sceptical response among India’s security establishment, which blames another group called Jaish-e-Mohammed.
Jaish-e-Mohammad seminaries shut down across Punjab
Last week, security forces arrested the head of Jaish-e-Mohammed as well as several other leaders of the group and shut down offices and seminaries linked to the outfit.
“We are at a loss to understand whether they (the government) are concerned about the interests of the country that feeds them or that of its enemy?,” Salahuddin told a news conference, referring to the government’s crackdown.
“Pakistan is not only an advocate but also a party to the longstanding Kashmir dispute and therefore the Pakistani people, government and media should play the role of a patron rather than of an adversary,” he said, while speaking at the Press Club in Muzzafarabad.
Pathankot attack: India says patience running thin over ‘Pakistan inaction’
Following the January 2 attack on the Indian air base, the United Jihad Council had warned that their attacks “can engulf all of India” if the issue of Kashmir’s divided rule is not resolved.
Since the attack in Pathankot, the government has said it is clamping down on Jaish-e-Mohammed, which India has long accused Pakistan of tolerating, while it investigates Indian assertions that the attack was the work of the militants based in Pakistan.
India has demanded that Pakistan take action against the group and last week announced that the two countries would reschedule talks between their foreign ministers while the investigation into the air base attack was carried out.
So Salahuddin openly claims that he organized the pathankot attack and he holds a press conference in Muzaffarabad which is under control of Pak army.
Do you get it ?Recommend
Mr Terrorest, i am a Pakistani and i do not support yours nonsense to sabotage peace dialoge between Pakistan and India. You are killers and you can only do this, either side or the other side. I do not see the future Pakistan has any space for adventures, you think. Recommend
Syed Salahuddin your days are counted. soon you will be hanged. :) Recommend
Syed I want to buy you a razor.Recommend
I would usually not support out of state actors but the atrocities carried out by Indian army against Kashmiris would make groups like Taliban blush. Pakistan cannot directly attack Indian Army due to international law, so the only force capable of at least doing some damage to this loony genocidal army should be tolerated.
As soon as Indian army stops their crimes against Kashmiris and starts to recognize their wishes, these out of state actors will run out of jobs.Recommend
Apparently, these terrorists have started to feel their nerves being pinched.Recommend
Mr Salah Ud Din, do you know what is happening in the world. Muslims are killing Muslims undr one slogan The Allah Is Great. You are talking absurd under the cower of your beard. Please wake and work for the unity of Umma. Recommend
All it looks to me (after reading the article, and the ‘Comments’ section thus far) — is that Pakistanis and Kashmiris (like this character Mr. Salahuddin) are a hopelessly and pathetically divided lot…!! Just face it people — nobody in ‘power’ in Pakistan knows whether to wholeheartedly ‘crackdown’ or wholeheartedly ‘support’ (whatever that means!) — which is what Mr. Salahuddin is referring to here. Almost feel pity and sorry for them and their ’cause’ … Should we all laugh now, or cry…?Recommend
@Babloo
You have a PM who publicly prided in (check his appearance in Aap ki Adalat) killing his own people in Gujarat. How about that? You refuse to let our teams enter the base despite our sincere offers of cooperation. How about you consider revising your approach to us? Recommend
A challenge thrown to the government and security agencies of Pakistan. This guy claims responsibility for attacking another nation, while sitting in Pakistan. That is absolutely against the oft-repeated stance of the Pakistan government, which claims it will not allow any attacks on any other nation, organized or planned from its land.
Hold this person responsible, send him to the military courts, immediately. After his claim, what can stop our country’s leadership from taking action?Recommend
He is not a terrorist but a freedom fighter. He deserves to take stand for the rights and freedom of Indian Occupied Kashmir. Recommend
@kamran Ahmad Kami:
Hopefully by the beard..Recommend
When you rear such snakes,expect to get bitten by other snakes.Example: APS,BKURecommend
These are the kinds of psychos who you cannot depend upon. It is still time for our country to abandon supporting these maniacs and save your own Pakistani civilians from humiliation and disgrace they receive in the Western world because of actions of these minority stone-age animals. Recommend
Why is this guy not in jailRecommend
If these people are friends of Pakistan they should take up arms against the taliban.Recommend
@Tahir:
Care to post reference link to your claim please.. I have been searching hate speech by Modi in youtube from past 15 years.. I couldn’t found a single one.. Recommend
Where are guys criticising Obama for his pakistan comment?Recommend
@Malatesh: Actions speak louder than words, How innocent of you to search Modi’s videos on YoutubeRecommend
@Kaleem:
“@Malatesh: Actions speak louder than words, How innocent of you to search Modi’s videos on Youtube”
Why don’t you post a link then?Recommend
@Dong:
So as per your logic India or any other country is free to do same in Baluchistan, right?Recommend
@Tahir:
Please provide us the weblink where PM Modi has prided the Gujrat riots otherwise don’t misguide yourself. You sound confident about it so it should not be difficult for you to provide it. Recommend
@Tahir:
Modi was referring to the action he took after series of bomb blast in Gujrat by terrorist.
Modi was able to catch all the culprits soon.Recommend
@Imran:
Rest of the world will also treat the Baluchistan freedom fighters with the all the love and care Recommend
A testing time for pak army.@Imran: Recommend
” Pakistani people, government and media should play the role of a patron rather than of an adversary” . Hmm. Says pretty much everythingRecommend
@Imran: So… murderer of innocent civilians are Freedom Fighters… Well.. then you’ve got the TTP. Enjoy!Recommend
Even after such barbaric acts like APS and now Bacha Khan attack and umpteen number of daily/weekly killings and suicide bombings which kills innocent Pakistanis, reading some Pakistani comments supporting this terrorist Salahuddin is unbelievable…
Till such time there are common people in Pakistan with such ideologies supporting them, terrorists like these will keep generating fidayen brainwashing youth and killing children, students and innocent masses.
GoP has taken a right step in stopping to listen to these lunatics… sooner the entire GoP machinery is up in arms against ALL terrorists and their manifestations, it will help bring peace in Pakistan and the region…Hope 2016 will see crackdown on all these venomous snakes.Recommend
Long live baloch freedom fighter’s
Balochistan was lndependant before pakistan become country .Recommend
@Imran:
Very dangerous comment. How many freedom fights are in the offing in Pakistan, do you have any idea? My last count says only Punjab is an exception, rest all provinces are in some kind conflict with Pakistan. Please do not encourage them with your comments.Recommend
These people are tarnishing the image of pakistan and Pakistanis. They must be silenced in the interest of pakistan. Please move forward and take suitable. ActionRecommend
@Babloo:
did you hear the threat or you hear only what pleases you? He is not ready to listen. AJK gov. is an independent gov and not under army control unlike Indian held Kashmir.Recommend
@Bablu:
FYI, There is a PPP government in PoK.. Recommend
Pakistan and India both are Non serious on Kashmir Issue…. both are playing with innocent Kashmiri NationRecommend
@Babloo:
Does anyone ‘get’ it (?) — hmm… Muzaffarabad is not under the control of the Pak Army — remember it is capital of ‘Azad Kashmir’ i.e. Free (???) Kashmir … hehe, surely now everyone will ‘get’ it..!Recommend
It is high time Govt and Army in Pakistan started thinking in one line, to provide safety to all citizens,rather than encouraging any one group against the other. Terrorists should find no place to hide, leave carrying out their activities openly.Recommend
@Dong: ”atrocities carried out by Indian army against Kashmiris..”
Indian Kashmir is ruled by democratically elected state government who need support of army to counter armed terrorists & their fanatic sympathizers. But for the Indian army, Kashmir would have been another Afghanistan, a safe heaven for terrorists.
Dont get mislead by propaganda. Compare data such as civilians killed or disappeared in last 5 years- in Kashmir, Baluchistan, Karachi…Recommend
The methodology and actions of this group might be questionable but why is nobody discussing the cause and the reason they are formed ..
Why is nobody talking about the attrocities of the Indian Army on Kashmir muslims of the basic rights being denied there .. the right of self determination which they have been waiting for decades and after the cruel murders at the hand of Army they had to take weapons !Recommend
@tariqNawaz Shareef fears of back lash, example is Mumtaz Qadri, a broad day light murderer of Taseer fame. who may not be hangedRecommend