Hafiz Saeed walks free in Pakistan, US wants him arrested

A day after India lashed out at Pakistan for the release of Lashkar-e-Taiba chief and Jamaat-ud-Dawah founder Hafiz Saeed, the US administration too expressed “deep concern” and asked the Pakistan government to make sure that he is arrested and charged for his crimes. This is quite different from the past, as in earlier occasions, Washington’s response was not as swift.

A statement issued by US State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert in Washington DC and distributed by the US embassy in Delhi said, “The United States is deeply concerned that Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) leader Hafiz Saeed has been released from house arrest in Pakistan. LeT is a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization responsible for the death of hundreds of innocent civilians in terrorist attacks, including a number of American citizens. The Pakistani government should make sure that he is arrested and charged for his crimes.”

The statement further said that in May 2008, the United States Department of the Treasury designated Saeed as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist...

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