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Summary Jamat-ud-Dawa (JuD) has reacted sternly to US announcing bounty on its leader Hafiz Saeed.
Jamat said the move by the US Treasury is meant to please as Hafiz Saeed is not a fugitive.The US has announced a bounty of 10 million dollars on Hafiz Saeed.“Hafiz Saeed is not a fugitive, he is not on the run, he is not living in caves, he has not committed any crime and the court has declared him an innocent person,” Hafiz Muhammad Masood was quoted by a report.“He is continuing his activities and the bounty announcement will not affect them.”The reward for Saeed, the founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) who makes frequent public appearances in Pakistan, was announced by US Undersecretary of State Wendy Sherman in India on Monday, and posted on the US government’s Rewards for Justice website.The Pakistani foreign ministry said it had no immediate comment to make on the US announcement, while the government in New Delhi welcomed the move, saying it reflected the commitment of India and the United States to bring the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks to justice.India’s External Affair Minister S M Krishna on Tuesday welcomed US notification regarding Hafiz Mohammad Saeed. Krishna wasted no time to use the announcement as propaganda against Pakistan, saying it would send a strong message to Pakistan.
