India very unhappy with order to free Hafiz Saeed

The Pakistan Supreme Court’s decision on Hafiz Saeed has come as a major disappointment for India, at a time when the two countries are getting set for another round of talks.

“There is a sense of disappointment. I am sure everybody in this country will share the same sense of disappointment on this development, especially when we regard Hafiz Saeed as one of the masterminds of the Mumbai terror attacks and he has openly urged jihad against India,” foreign secretary Nirupama Rao told reporters on Tuesday.

She insisted that New Delhi had given enough evidence of the JuD’s role and its activities, including preaching jihad against India for Pakistan to nail Saeed. Officials here insist the JuD is a front of the Lashkar-e-Taiba. The LeT and JuD were proscribed by the UN Security Council after the Mumbai terror attacks.

Rao pointed out that Pakistan had repeatedly assured India sine January 2004 that it will not allow its soil to be used for anti-India activities.