Image Source : MEA/YOUTUBE Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi
India on Friday stated that it has conveyed a request to the Pakistan authorities to extradite Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief and the mastermind of the 26/11 terror assault Hafiz Saeed, including that he was a UN-proscribed terrorist and wished in quite a few circumstances in India.
Speaking on the weekly press briefing, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Arindam Bagchi stated, “The person in question is wanted in numerous cases in India. He is also a UN-proscribed terrorist. In this regard, we have conveyed a request along with relevant supporting documents to the Government of Pakistan to extradite him to India to face trial in a particular case. We have been flagging the issue of activities, that he’s been wanted for. This is a recent request…some weeks ago.”
India’s request to Pakistan
According to diplomatic sources, the Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs has obtained the official request from the Indian authorities, urging the initiation of the authorized course of for the extradition of Hafiz Saeed.
“India (as part of the procedure that it does on a regular basis) has formally requested Pakistan to extradite Hafiz Saeed to face charges in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks case. India has urged the initiation of the legal process for the extradition of Hafiz Saeed,” diplomatic sources advised India TV.
Notably, Saeed, who can be a United Nations-designated terrorist, has been in jail since 2019 after being convicted for a number of years in a number of terror finance circumstances together with another leaders of the banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD). Saeed-led JuD is the entrance organisation for the LeT, which is liable for finishing up the 2008 Mumbai assault that killed 166 folks, together with six Americans.
Why Hafiz Saeed has not been extradited until at present
It is price mentioning that India and Pakistan wouldn’t have an extradition treaty. However, New Delhi has beforehand shared detailed dossiers with Islamabad however as of now the neighbouring nation neither co-operated nor extradited the designated terrorists.
Besides, it’s essential to notice that the “extradition treaty” shouldn’t be confused with the Shimla Agreement. It was signed following the India-Pakistan conflict in 1971. It was a proper settlement to finish the hostilities between the international locations.
Moreover, each international locations additionally agreed on a complete plan for peaceable relations. Summing up the accord- it’s a set of guiding rules that each international locations agreed to observe whereas managing relations with one another. Both international locations agreed to respect one another’s territorial integrity and sovereignty, and wouldn’t intervene within the inside affairs of the opposite nation.
Recently, it was reported that the social gathering backed by Hafiz is contesting within the upcoming normal elections in Pakistan. According to a report by a Pakistani English each day, Dawn, the Pakistan Markazi Muslim League (PMML), a celebration thought-about to be backed by Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, has fielded candidates for each nationwide and provincial meeting constituency.
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