Terming the government’s move of putting Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed under house arrest as “painful and cowardly”, top Kashmiri militant commander Syed Salahuddin on Wednesday asked Islamabad to reverse its order.
Salahuddin, chairman of United Jihad Council (UJC), said in a statement that, “Hafiz Mohammad Saeed has not only been urging the international community to break its criminal silence on Kashmir, but he has also been exposing the atrocities of India’s imperialistic regime.”
He said the move not only sent “a negative and disappointing message” to the people living in India-held Kashmir, but it also showed “Pakistan’s weak role in the ongoing freedom struggle” of Kashmiris.
The UJC has gathered around a dozen militant groups who are fighting Indian rule in occupied Kashmir. JuD’s militant wing, Lashkar-e-Taiba, has an observer status in the conglomerate.
“The present stage of the freedom movement demands of the Pakistani nation and leadership to rise above all compulsions and fears, and stand with the Kashmiris with a firm position,” he said.
The UJC chief asked the government of Pakistan to immediately end Saeed’s house arrest and “let him make his contributions and raise his peaceful voice for freedom of held Kashmir.”
Salahuddin’s reaction came amid a series of protest demonstrations in Muzaffarabad against United States President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for “pressuring Islamabad to take decision against JuD chief”.
