India said that it will take up the issue with Pakistan the quashing of terror cases against Jamaat-ud Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed. Maintaining that Pakistan must investigate Saeed in the Mumbai attack case, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said India had provided evidence about his being the brain behind the strike but he was not booked in that case. Expressing surprise at the latest development , Mr Krishna said that the talks with Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi were on this line that formal investigation will conducted against Hafiz Saeed with reference to Mumbai. Mr Krishna said that India would still insist that the Pakistan Government must investigate Haifz Saeed for the role he played in the Mumbai terror attack.Earlier, the Lahore High Court ordered the case against Saeed to be disposed off, saying the country’s anti-terror laws did not apply to him. Saeed’s lawyer A K Dogar said the case against his client was weak as it lacked credible evidence. Dogar said that there is no evidence against Saeed and his client was wrongly accused of terror
News On AIR | October 12, 2009 9:10 PM
India to take up Saeed's case with Pakistan