India, US trying to hamper Balochistan quake relief: Hafiz Saeed
US and India agreed to step up cooperation to prevent the financing of extremist movements in Pakistan.
Hafiz Mohammad Saeed looks at relief supplies for earthquake survivors in Islamabad on October 14, 2013. PHOTO: AFP
ISLAMABAD:
Jamaatud Dawa chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed Monday accused the US and India of trying to hamper efforts to help victims of Balochistan's earthquake.
Saeed, who has a $10 million US government bounty on his head, said joint US-Indian efforts to block funds for organisation were aimed at stopping its relief work.
JuD is seen as a front for Laskhar-e-Taiba (LeT), which Saeed founded and which investigators blame for the three-day carnage in Mumbai that killed 166 people.
The United States and India agreed on Sunday to step up cooperation to prevent the financing of extremist movements linked to Pakistan, including JuD and LeT.
But JuD denies terror accusations, and in Pakistan is known for its relief work after natural disasters, particularly the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and 2010 floods.
"Their aim is to hamper the relief work of our charity Falah-e-Insaniyat foundation in the earthquake hit Balochistan, that's why they are trying to stop our funding," Saeed told reporters.
Both LeT and JuD are listed as terror organisations by the United Nations, but JuD operates freely in Pakistan and, despite the bounty on his head, Saeed lives openly.
Jamaatud Dawa chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed Monday accused the US and India of trying to hamper efforts to help victims of Balochistan's earthquake.
Saeed, who has a $10 million US government bounty on his head, said joint US-Indian efforts to block funds for organisation were aimed at stopping its relief work.
JuD is seen as a front for Laskhar-e-Taiba (LeT), which Saeed founded and which investigators blame for the three-day carnage in Mumbai that killed 166 people.
The United States and India agreed on Sunday to step up cooperation to prevent the financing of extremist movements linked to Pakistan, including JuD and LeT.
But JuD denies terror accusations, and in Pakistan is known for its relief work after natural disasters, particularly the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and 2010 floods.
"Their aim is to hamper the relief work of our charity Falah-e-Insaniyat foundation in the earthquake hit Balochistan, that's why they are trying to stop our funding," Saeed told reporters.
Both LeT and JuD are listed as terror organisations by the United Nations, but JuD operates freely in Pakistan and, despite the bounty on his head, Saeed lives openly.