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In first public address, JuD chief Hafiz Saeed hits out at US

In first public address, JuD chief Hafiz Saeed hits out at US

Jamaat chief Hafiz Saeed

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The Jammat chief who has been declared a global terrorist said the Pakistan government should convene a session of joint parliament to discuss the Jerusalem issue.

Jammat-ud-Dawah (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed appeared in public for the first time since his release from house arrest in a rally against US President Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

Addressing JuD supporters in Chauburji near Lahore amid anti-India & anti-US chants, Saeed said: "Any Muslim country if opens its consulate in Jerusalem should be barred from opening their embassies in the Muslim countries."

The Jammat chief who has been declared a global terrorist said the Pakistan government should convene a session of joint parliament to discuss the Jerusalem issue.

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"Since Pakistan is a nuclear power it should lead the Muslim world. It should convene an Islamic summit and give a befitting response to the Trump administration," he said, adding that the world should also raise the issue of Kashmir along with Palestine.

The rally took place even as US defence secretary Jim Mattis visited Pakistan to gauge the response of Pakistan amid growing terror attacks in Afganistan. Hafiz whom India accuses of being the mastermind behind the Mumbai terror attack in 2008 has openly said he would be fighting for the "Kashmir cause".

"We will gather the people and launch an organised campaign against the US on the issue," he said in front of a large JuD gathering.

A Lahore High Court's Judicial Review Board had unanimously ordered Saeed's release on November 24 after the Pakistan government failed to provide any evidence related to terrorism.

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