Jamatud Dawa chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed. PHOTO: EXPRESS
Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed Ahmed has urged Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to review his decision of travelling to India to attend the swearing-in ceremony of prime minister-elect Narendra Modi.
Addressing a public gathering late Saturday night, the JuD chief said the United States blamed Pakistan for its failure in Afghanistan and wanted to punish Pakistan through India and Afghanistan.
In a strongly-worded diatribe aimed at Washington, Hafiz Saeed said that a Modi regime was installed in New Delhi and Abdullah Abdullah’s administration was installed in Kabul as a ploy to ‘sandwich’ Pakistan between two hostile regimes.
“Modi’s election campaign slogans resonated with anti-Islam and anti-Pakistan rhetoric. Over 250 million Muslims in India and Indian occupied Kashmir are concerned over his leadership,” the JuD chief said in his rancorous speech.
In a veiled warning, the JuD chief said that even if Nawaz went ahead with his plan to attend Monday’s ceremony in New Delhi, he should raise the contentious issues of Kashmir, India’s plans to construct dams on Pakistani rivers and its involvement in Balochistan.
The JuD chief also accused the prime minister of ignoring the sentiments of the Kashmiri people in his decision to visit India. “Nawaz should not forget that Pakistan stands by innocent enslaved Kashmiris. He should raise the Liaquat-Nehru pact with Modi and ask for the implementation of the agreement.”
Published in The Express Tribune, May 26th, 2014.
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Is Liaquat-Nehru implemented in Pakistan???? what is the percentage of Hindu's in Pakistan during independence time and now??? and look at the percentage of Muslims in India during independence time and now??
Sharif should hand this "holy man" over to India for trial. Would send a resounding message that the days of using "strategic assets" against neighbors is over, send a message to extremist that justice is coming, substantially improve India/Pakistan relations ... and send a message to the World that Pakistan is trying to improve it's terrible image.
Finaly the man has spoken. The Prime Minister has disqualified himself once again to be head of the central Government. Pakistan definitely needs a man of vision to lead, is Hafiz Saeed the right man? Imran Khan is definitely not the one.
Rex Minor . .
Modi will take care of him.
the days of Hafiz are numbered
Liaquat-Nehru pact - what he wants? India to kill all it's Muslims or Indian Muslims to move to Pakistan or 40% Pakistani to convert to Hinduism? Didn't get it which way he wants to implement the pact. Pact is also against two-nation theory.
@syed jalal Kashmiri that depends which side of loc you are from. Because indians sides Jammu and Kashmir are very happy with indo pak meet and very hopeful. No talks sours their mood.
This one is rabbid.....his handlers should change him
There is still one leader in the world who speaks for Kashmiri rights, may God bless him.
I think Hafeez Saeed will not allow Nawaz to come back to Pakistan. He won't allow the plane to land!
He will get polio. haha
Yeap; He will review on May 27th.
we need more like him
This guy should be made PM of Pak!
Zindabad Hafiz Saeed.