Jamaat warns India, Pak: ban us, face consequences

A Jamaat-ud-Dawa’h spokesperson told The Indian Express from Lahore that Pakistan must resist the pressure being mounted by the international community at India’s behest.

“India is indulging in an emotional blackmail and running a media campaign. It has not even provided any evidence of the involvement of any Pakistan-based group in the Mumbai terrorist strike. We urge the Pakistan Government not to fall for such motivated campaigns and take action against well-reputed organisations like the Jamaat-ud-Dawa’h,” the spokesperson, Abdullah Muntazir said in a telephonic conversation.

Describing the raids being conducted by Pakistani armed forces and security agencies against Lashkar and related organisations as the “toughest” in a long time, he said the Pakistan Government was playing with fire.

“Indians have this habit of blaming Pakistani organisations for everything bad that happens on their soil. They had put similar pressure on Pakistan a few years ago following which Islamabad had banned a few organisations. But we all know the consequences of those actions was not very pleasant for either India or Pakistan,” he said. Abdullah said Jamaat had been reiterating that all its links with Lashkar had been broken ever since LeT was banned by the Pakistani Government in 2002.

“There is no question of any involvement of Jamaat or any of its people in the Mumbai attacks,” he said.