US will ask Pakistan to bring Hafiz Saeed to justice: Envoy

September 21st, 2009 CHENNAI - Pakistan must interrogate alleged 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed as all the evidence against him was "on Pakistani soil", Home Minister P. Chidambaram said here Monday after reports that the chief of the banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) had been placed under house arrest in Lahore.

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.

September 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Throwing its weight behind India's demand that alleged 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed and five other terror suspects in Pakistan be brought to justice, the US Friday said it was "very important" that they be punished for their crimes against "India, US and the world". "I think that there are five, probably six suspects, being held at Islamabad.

September 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI/LAHORE - With Washington and New Delhi ratcheting up pressure on it over the Mumbai attack probe, the Pakistan police have filed two complaints against suspected terror mastermind Hafiz Saeed ahead of the month-end meeting between the foreign ministers of India and Pakistan in New York. Police in Faisalabad Thursday lodged two first information reports (FIRs) against Saeed for making a speech to his supporters last month in which he called for jihad or holy war and appealed for funds for the Jamaat-ud-Dawa, an Islamic charity India and the US suspect is a front for terror operations and is now banned by the UN.

September 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Home Minister P. Chidambaram Sunday said Pakistan is showing "unwillingness" to prosecute Hafiz Saeed, Lashkar-e-Taiba chief and the mastermind of the Mumbai terror attacks that left as many as 170 people dead last year.

August 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday reiterated that enough evidence has been given to Pakistan to prosecute terrorists responsible for Mumbai terror attacks in November last year. Talking to reporters in New Delhi on the sidelines of a function, Chidambaram described the Pakistani response, on the dossiers given by India as not encouraging.

August 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - India Friday handed to Pakistan a fresh dossier on Jamaat-ud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed, accused by it of being the mastermind behind the Mumbai terror attack. According to sources, the dossier was handed over during a meeting of Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao and Pakistani High Commissioner Shahid Malik.

August 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - India Friday handed over another dossier to Pakistan with new information on Jamaat-ud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed, the alleged mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks against whom Islamabad says it has insufficient evidence to prosecute in court. Official sources said the dossier was handed over at a meeting between Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao and Pakistani High Commissioner Shahid Malik.

August 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Renewing its commitment to bring the Mumbai attackers to justice, the US Wednesday pressed Pakistan to act against the 26/11 perpetrators, including Hafiz Saeed, and underlined that counter-terror cooperation with New Delhi is a high priority. "People held in Pakistan in connection with the Mumbai attacks should be brought to justice, US Ambassador to India Timothy J.

August 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Minster for External Affairs S M Krishna on Monday said that the Government has provided enough evidences to Pakistan to take action against those responsible for the Mumbai terror attack last year. Krishna told media outside Parliament that Pakistan is testing India's patience by not bringing to book the culprits.

August 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - India asserted Saturday it had provided enough evidence to Pakistan to prosecute Jamaat-ud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed, the alleged mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, and it was now for Islamabad to proceed against him. The home ministry has also prepared a fresh dossier on the attack, which will be given to Pakistan soon.

July 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bharatiya Janata Party has cautioned the United Progressive Alliance government ahead of discussions with Pakistan in the wake of the Pakistani Government's withdrawal of appeal challenging Pakistan High court's order to release Hafiz Saeed, the top LeT operative wanted in Mumbai terror attacks of last November. Senior BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday said that the Government should take note of the release of Hafiz Mohammad Saeed and should act with care.

June 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Wednesday said ndia is closely monitoring the developments in Pakistan after Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed was released. Talking to reporters here, Krishna said, "The developments are disturbing.

June 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - India Tuesday expressed its disappointment over the release of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed by a Pakistani court, saying it raised questions about Islamabad's sincerity in investigating the 26/11 Mumbai mayhem that New Delhi has blamed on the terror group. "We are unhappy that Pakistan has not shown the degree of seriousness it should to bring to justice the perpetrators of the crime," Home Minister P.

June 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Tuesday termed as "regrettable" the release of Hafiz Saeed, founder of the terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) that India has blamed for the 26/11 Mumbai carnage.