May 26, 2010 12:23 PM

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Pak SC dismisses appeal on sayeed’s release, India expresses disappointment

India has expressed disappointment over Pakistan Supreme Court's ruling on JuD chief Hafiz Saeed. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi yesterday, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao expressed hope that Islamabad will take meaningful action to address its concerns. Mrs Rao said, there is a sense of disappointment on this development especially when India regards Hafiz Saeed as one of the masterminds of the Mumbai terror attacks and he has openly urged jihad against India.<br/><br/>Pakistan's Supreme Court yesterday dismissed appeals filed by authorities challenging the release of Saeed from house arrest. The appeals against the Lahore High Court's order to release Saeed were filed by the federal and Punjab governments last year but could not be taken up earlier for various technical reasons. Saeed, also the founder of the banned Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT), was put under house arrest in December 2008 in the wake of the Mumbai attacks after the UN Security Council declared the JuD a front for the LeT. The JuD chief challenged his detention in the Lahore High Court.<br/><br/>Saeed was freed on June 2 last year by a three-judge bench of the High Court that said that Punjab and federal governments had failed to provide sufficient evidence to keep him in custody. Following pressure from India and the international community, the federal and Punjab governments challenged the High Court's ruling in the apex court.<br/>

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