Pakistan pledged to fulfil its international obligations in the wake of the UN declaring Jamaat-ud-Dawa a terrorist group and branding four of its top leaders as terrorists
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan pledged to fulfil its international obligations in the wake of the UN declaring Jamaat-ud-Dawa a terrorist group and branding four of its top leaders, including founder of the banned LeT Hafiz Mohammad Saeed and suspected Mumbai attack mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, as terrorists subject to sanctions.
"Pakistan has taken note of the designation of certain individuals and entities by the UN under Resolution 1267 of the UN Security Council and would fulfil its international
obligations," Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani told visiting US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte.
Acceding to demands from India and the US, the United Nations Security Council declared the JuD a front for the LeT, which has been blamed for planning and carrying out the Mumbai terror attacks that killed 179 people.
The Security Council also declared the LeT leaders Saeed, Lakhvi and two of its financiers Muhammad Ashraf and Mahmoud Mohammad Ahmed Bahaziq as terrorists subject to sanctions like a travel ban and asset freeze.
During his meeting with Negroponte, Gilani insisted on his government's "keen desire to have cordial neighbourly relations with India," according to an official statement.
Gilani briefed the US official about Pakistan's efforts to defuse the situation in the aftermath of the Mumbai attacks. He said Pakistan, with the "view of offering its sincere
cooperation" in investigating the incident, had proposed the formation of a joint investigation commission.
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