NEW YORK: International Minister Khawaja Asif on Wednesday has stated that Hafiz Saeed, Lashkar-e-Taiba, and the Haqqani community are a liabilities for Pakistan.
The overseas minister was talking at a session hosted by Asia Society in New York.
“It is extremely simple to say that Pakistan is supporting Haqqanis and Hafiz Saeed and Lashkar-e-Taiba. They’re liabilities, I settle for that they’re liabilities. However give us time to eliminate these liabilities. You might be growing our liabilities additional,” stated Asif.
“Do not blame us for Haqqanis, do not blame us for Hafiz Saeeds. These have been the individuals who have been your darlings….20 or 30 years again. They have been being dined and wined within the White Home,” added the overseas minister.
“You can not divorce historical past from the current or the long run.”
‘Now we have to do extra’
On a query relating to Hafiz Saeed, Asif stated that he was already beneath detention.
“You have got talked about a reputation. It is a proscribed organisation. The gentleman is beneath home arrest. However I agree with you that on that rating, on that account, we’ve got to do extra,” he stated.
“There are individuals in Pakistan who could be a legal responsibility in occasions of disaster for Pakistan and for the area.”
The Pakistani authorities has positioned Hafiz Saeed beneath home arrest, which was prolonged by two months in August. He was additionally positioned on the Exit Management Listing together with 37 others in February, all of whom have been stated to be affiliated with the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) or Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
In keeping with the inside ministry, JuD, LeT, and the Falah-e-Insaniat Basis (FIF) are “on the Watch Listing as per UNSC 1267 Sanctions”, and in “the Second Schedule of the ATA 1997 (as amended)”.
‘India can’t want away Kashmir’
Earlier in his speech previous to the session, International Minister Khaja Asif stated that Pakistan can’t be blamed for points plaguing Afghanistan.
He added that India can’t time period the real wrestle of Kashmiris as terrorism.
“India can’t want away Kashmir, nor can it delegitimise the real, indigenous, unarmed wrestle of Kashmiris combating for his or her proper of self-determination by terming it as terrorism.”
