Pak activist condemns Saeeds release,calls him ‘terrorist’

Leading Pakistani human rights activist Ansar Burney condemned the release of JuD chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed.

Leading Pakistani human rights activist Ansar Burney condemned the release of JuD chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed,who was put under house arrest in the wake of the Mumbai attacks,and slammed the government for not taking stern action against him.

Burney described the government’s move to place Saeed under house arrest six months ago as a “complete drama.”

“He was not in prison like other criminals or terrorists but was living in his own house and was allowed to meet whoever he liked to meet,” he said in a statement.

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Saeed also met journalists during his “so-called detention,” Burney said.

The Lahore High Court accepted Saeed’s petition challenging his detention and ordered his immediate release. Saeed and numerous other top JuD leaders were detained in December last year after the UN Security Council designated his group as a front organisation for the banned LeT.

Burney also condemned what he described as the “hypocrisy and dual face” of Pakistan’s political leadership in the government and opposition for failing to prevent the release on bail of former Lal Masjid cleric Abdul Aziz.

He said Aziz was a “terrorist involved in heinous crimes against humanity.”

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