“Vital Step Ahead…”: US On Hafiz Saeed’s Conviction
26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed has been convicted by way of a Pakistan court docket in terror financing circumstances.
Washington, United States:
The USA on Wednesday mentioned that conviction of Mumbai assault mastermind Hafiz Saeed was once an “necessary step” taken by way of Pakistan in assembly its world commitments on terrorism.
The conviction “of Hafiz Saeed and his affiliate is a very powerful step ahead — each towards protecting LeT in control of its crimes, and for Pakistan in assembly its world commitments to struggle terrorist financing,” tweeted Alice Wells, the highest US diplomat for South Asia.
She was once relating to Lashkar-e-Taiba, the militant staff that each Washington and New Delhi hang answerable for 26/11 Mumbai assaults that killed 166 other folks.
LeT is the militant wing of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa Islamist charity led by way of Saeed.
