‘I Am Hafiz Saeed’s Slave’: Former Pakistan Minister Draws Flak Over Remarks, Threatens India

Fo me
Pakista
I te io
Mi iste
Sheikh
Rasheed
Ahmed
has
come
u de
fi e
afte
appea i g
at
a
public
eve t
alo gside
i dividuals
ide tified
as
Lashka -e-Taiba
(LeT)
figu es,
p aisi g
the
ba ed
outfit& squo;s
chief
Hafiz
Saeed
a d
maki g
i flammato y
ema ks
agai st
I dia.

A
video
f om
the
eve t
shows
Rasheed
sha i g
the
stage
with
Khalid
Masood
Sa dhu,
ide tified
as
a
se io
LeT
comma de
a d
p eside t
of
the
Pakista
Ma kazi
Muslim
League
(PMML),
a d
Qa i
Muhammad
Yaqoob
Sheikh,
desc ibed
as
a
membe
of
the
te o
g oup& squo;s
ce t al
adviso y
committee.

Du i g
his
add ess,
Rasheed
ope ly
exp essed
his
suppo t
fo
Saeed
a d
made
seve al
ema ks
p aisi g
the
jailed
LeT
chief.

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Sheikh
Rasheed
P aises
Hafiz
Saeed
At
Public
Eve t

I
the
video,
Rasheed
is
hea d
sayi g,
“Mai
Hafiz
sahab
ka
ghulam
hu,& dquo;
which
t a slates
to
“I
am
a
slave
of
Hafiz
Saeed.& dquo;

Rasheed
also
claimed
that
Saeed& squo;s
pho e
umbe
had
appea ed
o
his
pho e
while
he
was
i
the
U ited
States,
afte
which
he
was
expelled
f om
the
cou t y.

He
we t
o
to
eite ate
his
suppo t
fo
Saeed
a d
the
o ga isatio ,
decla i g,
“We
a e
with
Pakista ,
with
Hafiz
Saeed.& dquo;

Fo me
Mi iste
Makes
I flammato y
Rema ks
Agai st
I dia

Rasheed
also
made
i flammato y
stateme ts
ta geti g
I dia
du i g
the
gathe i g.

He
claimed
that
Allah
would
dest oy
I dia
if
the
cou t y
“eve
looks
towa ds
Pakista & dquo;.
He
fu the
said,
“No
bi ds
will
chi p
i
I dia,
o
will
bells
i g
i
a
temple,& dquo;
while
claimi g
that
othi g
would
happe
i
I dia
that
we t
agai st
Pakista .

The
ema ks
have
d aw
atte tio
because
of
the
fo me
mi iste & squo;s
appea a ce
alo gside
i dividuals
ide tified
as
membe s
o
associates
of
LeT,
a
ba ed
te o ist
o ga isatio .

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Rasheed
Se ved
As
I te io
Mi iste
U de
Im a
Kha

Rasheed
se ved
as
Pakista & squo;s
I te io
Mi iste
i
the
gove me t
led
by
fo me
P ime
Mi iste

Im a
Kha
f om
2020
to
2022.

He
is
also
the
fou de
a d
leade
of
the
Awami
Muslim
League.

His
appea a ce
at
the
eve t
a d
comme ts
p aisi g
Hafiz
Saeed
come
agai st
the
backd op
of
lo gsta di g
i te atio al
sc uti y
of
LeT
a d
its
leade ship.

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