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India invites Pak for talks on power project

India invites Pak for talks on power project

Rediff.com15 Oct 2009

Indus Water Commissioner G Ranganathan has written a letter to his Pakistani counterpart Syed Jamaat Ali Shah inviting him for discussing the issue

Why anti-India jihadis met openly in PoK

Why anti-India jihadis met openly in PoK

Rediff.com5 Feb 2010

IB sources have told rediff.com that although the meeting was held under the guise of observing the Kashmir solidarity day, it was focussed at regrouping forces.

India disappointed over Saeed verdict

India disappointed over Saeed verdict

Rediff.com25 May 2010

India has said that it is disappointed with the verdict passed by the Pakistan Supreme Court on 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed.

Amid applause, Lahore court frees Lashkar chief

Amid applause, Lahore court frees Lashkar chief

Rediff.com2 Jun 2009

A Pakistani court has freed outlawed Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed and his close aide Nazir Ahmed nearly six months after they were detained following the Mumbai terror attacks.

26/11 mastermind opens political office in Lahore; eyes 2018 elections

26/11 mastermind opens political office in Lahore; eyes 2018 elections

Rediff.com25 Dec 2017

Hafiz Saeed has confirmed that his organisation Jammat-ud-Dawa would contest the 2018 general elections under the banner of the MML.

JuD claims to have received donations from UK

JuD claims to have received donations from UK

Rediff.com22 Aug 2010

Amid global concerns that terrorists may take advantage of the devastating floods in Pakistan, the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), blamed by India for the Mumbai attacks, has claimed that it has received donations for the deluge-hit people from "hundreds" of British-Muslims. The JuD, which acts as a front for the Lashkar-e-Tayiba that carried out the 2008 strikes in Mumbai leaving 166 people dead, is said to have significant support in the UK, The Sunday Times reported.

Saeed not under house arrest, says Pak police

Saeed not under house arrest, says Pak police

Rediff.com25 Sep 2009

Pakistan's claims about placing Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief and alleged mastermind of the terror attack on Mumbai Hafiz Mohammad Saeed in custody might be yet another false claim, as a senior police official has clarified that the authorities have only 'restricted' his movement.Punjab Inspector General of Police 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-Tayiba's founder

JuD chief Hafiz Saeed under house arrest

JuD chief Hafiz Saeed under house arrest

Rediff.com21 Sep 2009

Police have imposed restrictions on the movement of banned Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed and barred him from leading Eid prayers at the Gaddafi Stadium.

Cases filed against Hafiz Saeed are very weak'

Cases filed against Hafiz Saeed are very weak'

Rediff.com19 Sep 2009

Pakistan may have filed two anti-terrorism cases Jamad-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed, the alleged mastermind behind the Mumbai terror attacks, but his lawyer has disclosed that the case filed against his client are "very weak".

India has no proof of Pak role in 26/11: JuD

India has no proof of Pak role in 26/11: JuD

Rediff.com3 May 2010

The Jamaat-ud-Dawah on Monday claimed the acquittal by an Indian court of two suspects linked to the Mumbai attacks had shown that Indian authorities had 'no proof of Pakistan's involvement' in the 26/11 terrorist carnage.

UNSC sanctions Islamic State's South Asia Branch

UNSC sanctions Islamic State's South Asia Branch

Rediff.com15 May 2019

IS-Khorasan was sanctioned for its links with Al Qaeda and involvement in several deadly attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan that killed over 150 people.

IB redflags entry of Wahhabi preachers into India

IB redflags entry of Wahhabi preachers into India

Rediff.com26 Jun 2014

An IB report says some 25,000 preachers of the extreme Wahhabi form of Islam came to India last year as visitors, reports Vicky Nanjappa.

Pak human rights activist, friend gunned down in Karachi

Pak human rights activist, friend gunned down in Karachi

Rediff.com8 May 2016

No one has taken responsibility for the attack.

Caught napping over migrants' exodus, BJP fights back

Caught napping over migrants' exodus, BJP fights back

Rediff.com6 Apr 2020

'We had no inkling this would come. Admittedly, we failed to inspire confidence in migrants that no harm would come to them if they stayed back.' Radhika Ramaseshan reports.

Biography row: Syed Geelani may face JeI expulsion

Biography row: Syed Geelani may face JeI expulsion

Rediff.com8 Apr 2010

Hardliner separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani is caught in a piquant situation of being expelled from the Jamaat-e-Islami in Jammu and Kashmir, of which he has been a founding member and its leading light.

Pak clerics who issued anti-Taliban poisoned

Pak clerics who issued anti-Taliban poisoned

Rediff.com18 Dec 2009

Nine leading Pakistani clerics, who had gathered for a meeting that declared suicide attacks as un-Islamic, fell seriously ill after eating 'halwa' served to them, prompting the police to investigate whether an attempt was made to murder them.

Pak: Activists ransack MNC venue promoting razors

Pak: Activists ransack MNC venue promoting razors

Rediff.com31 Mar 2010

Jamaat-ud-Dawah activists have prevented the holding of a promotion event organised by a leading multinational company for its shaving razors by ransacking the venue in the Pakistani port city of Karachi.

'Do I look like a terrorist?' asks Hafiz Saeed

'Do I look like a terrorist?' asks Hafiz Saeed

Rediff.com26 Mar 2010

Jamaat-ud-Daawa chief Hafiz Muhammed Saeed, who is believed to have masterminded the brazen terror attacks on Mumbai in November 2008, has denied his role in the bloodbath.

India could be behind Lahore shrine bombing: Saeed

India could be behind Lahore shrine bombing: Saeed

Rediff.com7 Jul 2010

Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, blamed by India for masterminding the 2008 Mumbai carnage, on Tuesday night said New Delhi has never presented any evidence to back up its assertions that his group was involved in several terrorist attacks.

Pak SC adjourns JuD chief's detention hearing

Pak SC adjourns JuD chief's detention hearing

Rediff.com3 Aug 2009

Pakistan's Supreme Court has indefinitely adjourned the petitions challenging the release from detention of Jamaat ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, accused by India of being the mastermind of the terror attack on Mumbai. The apex court's direction comes two days after India said there was 'enough evidence' to continue investigations against the JuD chief in connection with the terror attacks.

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