Pak court quashes plea by JuD chief Hafiz Saeed to raise Kashmir issue

TIL Desk/World/Lahore-The Lahore High Court has dismissed a writ petition by Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief and 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed seeking to direct the Pakistan government to raise the Kashmir issue at the UN Security Council and other international forum. LHC Chief Justice Syed Mansoor Ali dismissed the petition, observing “the matter raised by the petitioner is not justifiable before the court and falls within the domain of politics”.

The court announced the verdict on Friday which it had reserved last month after hearing arguments from Saeed’s counsel A K Dogar. Dogar said Saeed will challenge the verdict in the intra-court. In the petition Saeed said India had been “committing atrocities on Kashmiris and violating the UN resolutions”. He alleged that Indian forces were killing innocent Kashmiris and had ruined their daily life.

Saeed, who carries a $10 million bounty on his head, further said India also did not give Kashmiris their right to self-determination. Dogar in his arguments said “(former Prime Minister) Jawaharlal Nehru had taken the Kashmir dispute to the UN Security Council and announced that if Kashmiris wanted to go with Pakistan then India would not send its army to Kashmir, however, the Indian government later betrayed its undertaking”.