Pak refuses to arrest Saeed saying ‘not enough proof’ of his involvement in 26/11

September 25th, 2009 RAWALPINDI - Pakistan's claims regarding putting the banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa's chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, the alleged mastermind of the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, under house arrest has been laid bare again as a senior Police official has clarified that the authorities have only 'restricted' his movement. Interacting with media persons at a press conference here, Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Tariq Saleem Dogar said Saeed has neither been arrested nor put under house arrest, rather the police is providing an extra security cover to the Lashkar-e-Taiba's (LeT) founder leader.

September 24th, 2009 LAHORE/NEW DELHI - Hafiz Saeed, who India holds to be mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, is not under house arrest and is a free man, his lawyer said Thursday, adding he had appealed against the two new cases filed against him by the Pakistan government. "He is not under arrest.

September 24th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief Hafeez Mohammad Saeed's lawyer, A K Dogar, has filed a petition in a court seeking Saeed's release from house arrest. Saeed, the alleged Mumbai terror attacks mastermind and chief of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) was placed under house arrest four days ago.

September 23rd, 2009 FRANKFURT -Highly placed government sources have specific inputs that Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafeez Saeed is not under house arrest in Lahore, but is living in protective custody in that city. The JuD chief, who is seen by New Delhi as the mastermind of 26/11, Mumbai attacks was arrested earlier this week by authorities in Pakistan, but was not booked for the Mumbai attacks.

September 22nd, 2009 NEW YORK - External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna has said that India would be interested to see how Pakistan proceeds with reference to the Mumbai terror attacks.

September 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - India has demanded that Pakistan take "more decisive action" against Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, alleged mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. "We want Saeed to be tried for his Mumbai attack," Indian External Affairs Minister S.M.

September 21st, 2009 LAHORE - Mumbai terror attacks mastermind and chief of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa, Hafiz Saeed, has been placed under house arrest. The Pakistani authorities have also barred him from leading Eid prayers.

September 3rd, 2009 DUBAI - Notwithstanding Interpol's Red Corner notice issued against the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief Hafiz Saeed, the alleged 26/11 mastermind, Pakistan has once again refused to take action against him, saying the government is not 'obliged to immediately arrest him'. Interior Advisor Rehman Malik said there are not have enough evidence to establish the LeT kingpin's involvement in the terror attacks.

August 28th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Government has in a shocking statement said that India could have prevented the Mumbai attacks of November 26,2008,if it had given Pakistan whatever prior intelligence information. The Pakistan Prime Minister's adviser on Interior Affairs, Rehman Malik said Pakistan could have acted against Hafiz Saeed only if India had given more tangible evidence which could stand the test in Pakistan's courts.

August 21st, 2009 ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI - Pakistan said Friday an Indian dossier pointing to the alleged involvement of Jamaat-ud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks did not contain anything substantial. The reference apparently was to a document handed over Aug 1 and not the one furnished only hours earlier Friday.

August 5th, 2009 ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI - Pakistan Wednesday banned the Jamaat-ud Dawa (JuD) of Hafiz Saeed, who India says masterminded the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, and 24 other religious and welfare organisations. Also banned is the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror group that Saeed founded and which morphed into the JuD in the wake of the December 13, 2001, attack on the Indian parliament that New Delhi blamed on the outfit.

July 28th, 2009 LAHORE - A defiant Pakistan said Tuesday it would not arrest Jamaat-ud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed, named by India as the mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, till adequate proof was provided of his involvement in the carnage. We cannot arrest him till adequate proof is provided.

June 2nd, 2009 LAHORE - Immediately after his release from house arrest on Tuesday, the Mumbai terror attacks' mastermind Hafiz Saeed has said that Pak forces should be brought back from the Swat region, as there was no need to fight. Geo TV quoted Saeed as saying that he neither supports the suicide attacks nor does he accept the Swat Operation.

June 2nd, 2009 LAHORE - The Pakistan Government's reservations about producing evidence against the Mumbai terror attacks' mastermind Hafiz Saeed may have been the reason behind the Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief's release from house arrest. The Lahore High Court has ordered Saeed's release due to lack of evidence, but it is pertinent to note that Pakistan's Attorney General Sardar Latif Khosa had just days ago told the Lahore High Court that the government had enough 'material' to prove Saeed's involvement in terror activities, but it couldn't produce it in the court keeping in mind the 'national security'.

March 10th, 2009 LAHORE - The Lahore High Court Monday extended the house arrest of Hafeez Saeed, head of the banned outfit Jamaat-ud-Dawa, and four others by 60 days. Hafiz Saeed was presented before the review board of the court along with his four aides under high security, The News reported.