ISLAMABAD: India has not provided any evidence against Hafiz Saeed, DGISPR Major General Asif Ghafoor told an Indian newspaper.
In an interview with the Indian Express,link>link>link>DG ISPRlink> said there is no evidenceagainst JuD leader link>link>Hafiz Saeedlink> and he has been dischargedby the courts.
“Hafiz Saeed, you see, is under custody or confinement as possibleaccording to the law in Pakistan,” he said. “Hafiz Saeed is a citizen ofPakistan and anything he does, other than violence is good.”
Will link>link>Hafiz Saeedlink> contest elections?
Mr. Ghafoor said that there is a process in Pakistan for anyone toparticipate in politics.
“The Election Commission of Pakistan has its rules and laws,” he said. “Ifhe (Hafiz Saeed) fulfills all those requirements that is for ECP to decide.”
Civil-military relationship
The link>link>link>DG ISPRlink> dismissed the impression thatthe army is not allowing democracy to take deep roots.
“Please tell me who appoints the Army chief, the Navy chief and the Airchief in Pakistan?” he said, adding that “It is not the army, it is thecivilian government.”
The civilian government is ruling the country as per the constitution, hesaid.
Message to India
The army spokesman said Pakistan believes in peace and cooperation.
“The war is not the solution,” Mr. Ghafoor said. However, he clarified that“if imposed on us, it will be befittingly responded”. APP