Published 10:46 IST, March 9th 2019
'Won't allow terror groups to function in our country now' says Pak PM Imran Khan in terror admission after sham crackdown on Hafiz Saeed
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday proclaimed that terror groups will be forbidden to operate on Pakistani soil and carry out terror attacks around the world, days after detaining terror outfits during a crackdown.
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Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday proclaimed that terror groups will be forbidden to operate on Pakistani soil and carry out terror attacks around world, days after detaining terror outfits during a crackdown.
He said, "This government will t allow Pakistan's land to be used for any kind of outside terrorism. We will t allow any terror group to function in our country w."
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Through this statement, Pakistani Prime Minister might have me a tassel mission that country until date, was, in fact, shielding terror outfits and allowed m to function on ir soil.
Following pressure mounted by New Delhi and global community for persistently harbouring terror on Pakistani soil, Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar's bror was taken into 'preventative detention for investigation' along with 44 members of banned terrorist outfits who were detained by Pakistani authorities.
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Mufti Abdur Rauf, bror of JeM's founder Azhar, and Hamm Azhar are among 44 people detained, t arrested.
However, Pakistan's duplicity is conspicuous considering consistent backing provided to terror outfits within ir border:
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Pakistan blocks UN visa to meet Hafiz Saeed
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Visa requests of a United Nations team to interview 26/11 Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed, residing in Pakistan, were rejected by country’s consulate in New York. A fresh proposal h been moved by Hafiz Saeed to remove his name from UNSC 1267 sanctions list which is a list of UN recognised terrorists.
According to sources that confirmed Pakistan’s latest duplicity in Hafiz Saeed case, it was fearful that Saeed would voluntarily reveal more incriminating evidence against it and ir support to various terror organisations operating from its soil, refore, Pakistan blocked a face-to-face interview of Hafiz Saeed by UN officials.
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Protection to Hafiz Saeed's JuD and FIF hequarters
Under guise of a sham 'crackdown' on terrorism emanating from its soil, Pakistan has effectively extended state protection to 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed's Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation (FIF), with police placing itself outside heavily fortified complex.
Masood Azhar protection
In a massive development which has been learned by Republic TV, sources h said that ISI of Pakistan h shifted Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar from Rawalpindi Army hospital to a hideout in Kotghani in Bahawalpur few days before Indian Air Forces bombed terror-havens of terror outfit.
Pakistan government and Jaish-e-Mohammed
world saw how Pakistani Foreign Minister Mehmood Qureshi fumbled and spilled how Pakistan government is aware of Masood Azhar's whereabouts and is in touch with Jaish-e-Mohammed, a UN designated terror organisation, on two international media channels. Furrmore, went ahe to defend terror organisation, refusing to hold m responsible for ghastly Pulwama terror attack.
A public face to revamp ir global im, Imran Khan's hollow words come in time when Pakistan is facing fierce global pressure from United States, United Kingdom, Israel and more to act upon terror-outfits nurtured in country.
On Monday, Pakistan anunced a new crackdown against terrorists and by Thursday, 182 religious schools run by banned groups h been seized, and more than 120 people detained.
However, given history, New Delhi has been skeptical over Islamab's steps to pull terror groups to pieces.
(with ANI inputs)
10:33 IST, March 9th 2019