International Workplace rejects India’s request, saying Islamabad has no bilateral extradition treaty with New Delhi
- FO spokesperson confirms receiving request of Saeed’s extradition.
- “India seeks Saeed’s extradition in so-called cash laundering case.”
- India blames Hafiz Saeed for being concerned in cross-border assaults.
ISLAMABAD: India has requested Pakistan to extradite Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, the chief of the banned Jamaatud Dawa (JuD), the International Workplace confirmed Friday.
“Pakistan has obtained a request from the Indian authorities, in search of extradition of Hafiz Saeed in a so-called cash laundering case,” International Workplace spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch mentioned in a press release.
Nevertheless, there is likely to be no plans to comply with up on India’s request, as in accordance with the spokesperson, “no bilateral extradition treaty exists between Pakistan and India”.
India blames Saeed for being concerned in assaults throughout the borders, nevertheless, the chief of the banned outfit has denied all claims.
A Pakistani court docket had sentenced Hafiz Saeed, founding father of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), the armed group blamed by the US and India for the lethal 2008 Mumbai siege, to 31 years in jail in two circumstances of terrorism financing.
An anti-terrorism court docket in Lahore had discovered Saeed responsible of terrorism financing in April 2022 and sentenced him to 32 years in jail.
Hours earlier than Zahra’s affirmation, India had additionally confirmed it had formally requested Pakistan to extradite Saeed, in accordance with India’s overseas ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi.
“We have now conveyed a request together with related supporting paperwork to the Authorities of Pakistan,” Bagchi advised reporters in a media briefing.
Saeed conviction in 2022 was not the one one. Arrested in 2019, he was already serving a 15-year sentence after being discovered responsible of terror financing in 2020.
Saeed, who was put behind bars many instances earlier than over the previous decade, denies being concerned with armed operations, together with the 2008 assaults in Mumbai, which killed 166 individuals.