Lahore : JuD chief and Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed today led a march in Islamabad and his outfit across several cities, ranting on the Kashmir issue, showing defiance in the face of India asking Pakistan to “rein in” the terror group. A day after Saeed warned of more Pathankot-style attacks, the Jamaat Ud-Dawah men took out rallies in cities like Lahore, Faisalabad, Islamabad, Karachi, Peshawar and Muzaffarabad to mark ‘Kashmir Solidarity Day’.
The JuD chief led the rally in Islamabad while his relative Hafiz Abdur Rehman Maki addressed a big gathering in Lahore. The JuD also held several camps in Lahore which showed videos about “atrocities” in Kashmir on big screens. Addressing a ‘Solidarity Kashmir Conference’ in Mirpur on Thursday, Saeed said “Pakistan should be thankful” to Kashmiri militant leader Syed Salahuddin, who heads the United Jihad Council that had claimed responsibility for the Pathankot terror attack. Saeed warned India that if “war” in Kashmir further prolonged it would have to pay a heavy price for it. The JuD chief said, “On the occasion of Kashmir Day I want more intensity in the freedom struggle. Every child in Pakistan is ready to sacrifice his life for Kashmir’s freedom.” “Our Constitution also demands us to support Kashmiris in their freedom struggle,” he added. Saeed asked Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to sever relations with India and said that there should be no relations with it “till Kashmir is freed”.
He said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif should not “sacrifice” Kashmir for the sake of trade with India. “I give guarantee that Kashmir will be freed the day the prime minister, army chief, all political parties and Kashmiri organisations are on same page on the issue,” he said. PTI
