Pak’s ambivalence in cracking down on Saeed clear : NYT

October 3rd, 2009 NEW YORK - Improvement in Indo-Pak ties, which touched an all time low following the November 2008 Mumbai massacre, depends heavily on Pakistan's sincerity in bringing the perpetrators of the ghastly terror act to justice, a blog in one of the leading US newspapers said. While Pakistan has promised that it will take stern action against the masterminds of the attack, its seriousness regarding issue is under doubt as the trial of the seven of the 26/11 accused has been adjourned six times in the past two months.

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 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that action against Jamaat-ud-Dawa Chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, the alleged mastermind of the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, would only be taken based on evidence gathered against him. Interacting with media persons on the sidelines of a program in Multan, Gilani said action against Saeed would be taken in accordance with the evidence, which clearly implies that Islamabad is unlikely to take any substantial action against the terrorist leader.

September 20th, 2009 LAHORE - Hafiz Saeed, the alleged mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks and chief of the banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa group, has been put under house arrest at his residence here, a media report said Monday. A posse of police personnel has been deployed outside his residence, "restricting his movement", Geo TV reported Monday.

August 27th, 2009 LONDON - Pakistan has said that it has not received any 'Red Corner' notice from Interpol against Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed. Interacting with media persons after a meeting with his British counterpart, Allen Johnson, here, Interior Advisor Rehman Malik said Islamabad is yet to receive any red warrant against Saeed.

August 27th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that India should not 'misinterpret' Islamabad's intentions regarding the Mumbai terror attack probe. In an interview with a private television channel, Qureshi said Pakistan is analyzing the dossier handed over to it by New Delhi and would comment on it only after examining it thoroughly.

August 10th, 2009 WANA - Militant commander Hakeemullah Mehsud said that no scuffle occurred between him and Waliur Rehman. Talking to Geo News, Hakeemullah said he is quite safe, hale and hearty.

August 10th, 2009 WANA (NWFP, Pakistan), - An aide to Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan chief Baitullah Mehsud, Maulana Noor Saeed, has rubbished reports of him being killed by a US drone strike last Wednesday, and said that he is alive, but ill. Saeed was quoted by the BBC, as saying that Baitullah will issue a video message some time on Monday to quash speculations regarding his demise.

July 28th, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan has denied arresting Jamaat-ud-Daawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed, in connection with the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. Interior Advisor Rehman Malik said there is 'not enough proof' of Saeed's involvement in the 26/11 carnage, so the alleged mastermind could not be put behind bars.

July 17th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - In the continuing game of political 'ping-pong' over Jamaat-ud-Dawaa (JuD) chief Hafeez Mohammad Saeed ,the Pakistan government has now claimed that it has enough proof against him to overturn the Lahore High Court's verdict to release the 26/11 mastermind. Deputy Attorney General Shah Khawar said the government has enough evidence against Saeed, and that it would utilize those facts to persuade the Supreme Court to declare the high court's verdict invalid.

July 15th, 2009 Sharm-el-SHEIKH - Pakistan's dilly dallying attitude over prosecuting Jamaat-ud-Daawa (JuD) chief Hafeez Mohammad Saeed, the prime accused in the 26/11 Mumbai carnage, has served a heavy blow to the much awaited dialogue between India and Pakistan on the margins of the NAM summit here, as the Foreign Secretary level talk between both the nations have failed to produce any substantial results. Despite some initial positive signals, the talks which were expected to set the tone of the meeting between Indian Prime Minister Dr.

July 14th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The government in Pakistan's Punjab province has decided to disassociate itself from the Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed case and filed a plea for its withdrawal. On Monday, the provincial government informed the Supreme Court that it has challenged the release of Saeed due to certain "confidential evidence" against him.

July 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The subsequent release of Lashkar-e-Toiba's (LeT) chief Hafeez Muhammad Saeed, the hardcore Lal Masjid cleric Maulana Abdullah Aziz, and now the Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammed (TNSM) chief Sufi Mohammad has cast serious doubts over Pakistan's claims that it is seriously acting against the Taliban and other home grown terror outfits, a senior US intelligence official said. The United States is worried and at the same time skeptical over Pakistan's claims about cracking down on certain banned terror outfits.

June 2nd, 2009 LAHORE - Jamat ud Dawa chief Hafeez Saeed today said that the lone surviving terrorist captured after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks has no connection with his outfit. Addressing a press conference after being released from the house arrest, Saeed said, "Ajmal Kasab has no connection with the JuD.

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.