Wont come under pressure on Hafiz Saeed issue: FO

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Wont come under pressure on Hafiz Saeed issue: FO

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Foreign Office Spokesman expressed hope that US would respect Pakistani courts.

05 April,2012 02:43 pm

During weekly media briefing on Thursday, Foreign Office Spokesman Abdul Basit said that Pakistan would not come under pressure over US announcement of bounty against Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed.Responding to a question, the spokesman said that Pakistan would prefer to receive concrete evidence to proceed legally rather than to be engaging in a public discussion on this issue.He underlined that in a democratic country like Pakistan, where judiciary is independent, evidence against anyone must withstand judicial scrutiny.The US this week announced $10 million bounty, highest after Taliban supreme commander Mullah Muhammad Omar, on Hafiz Saeed.Pakistan’s right wing parties say the US announced the bounty at the behest of India who blamed Saeed of launching attacks on Mumbai in 2008 in which 166 people were killed.