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Pakistan Wants Evidence Against Militant Leader Targeted by US
Source: Voice of America
April 04, 2012
Pakistan Wants Evidence Against Militant Leader Targeted by US
VOA News
The Pakistani government says it needs "concrete evidence" to move legally against the founder of the militant group blamed for the 2008 Mumbai attacks, a day after Washington posted a $10 million bounty on him.
Pakistan's foreign ministry spokesman Abdul Basit said in a statement Wednesday that Islamabad would prefer to receive evidence against Hafiz Mohammad Saeed than to engage in a public discussion on the issue.
In a statement, Basit said that "in a democratic country like Pakistan, where [the] judiciary is independent, evidence against anyone must withstand judicial scrutiny."
Hours earlier, Saeed held a news conference near Pakistan's military headquarters in Rawalpindi, where he publicly taunted the United States.
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Pakistan Wants Evidence Against Militant Leader Targeted by US
VOA News
The Pakistani government says it needs "concrete evidence" to move legally against the founder of the militant group blamed for the 2008 Mumbai attacks, a day after Washington posted a $10 million bounty on him.
Pakistan's foreign ministry spokesman Abdul Basit said in a statement Wednesday that Islamabad would prefer to receive evidence against Hafiz Mohammad Saeed than to engage in a public discussion on the issue.
In a statement, Basit said that "in a democratic country like Pakistan, where [the] judiciary is independent, evidence against anyone must withstand judicial scrutiny."
Hours earlier, Saeed held a news conference near Pakistan's military headquarters in Rawalpindi, where he publicly taunted the United States.
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Read more: http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Pakistan-Wants-Evidence-Against-Militant-Leader-Targeted-by-US--146125855.html
Earlier threads:
US puts 10m bounty on Laskhar-e-Taiba's Hafiz Saeed
Pakistani militant taunts U.S. over 10M bounty
