LAHORE- Hafiz Saeed mocked the US decision to designate JuD’s politicalfront Milli Muslim League (MML) as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation, sayingthe move has proved the party’s “credibility. In a setback to Saeed’spolitical ambition, the US on Tuesday designated the MML as a terroristorganisation, making it difficult for it to get registered with Pakistan’selection commission.

Pakistan is set to hold general elections this year. “Well, a party’s thatis banned by the US is the one that actually holds some credibility,”Saeed, who is the chief of the JuD, said at a rally to reaffirm his pledgeto mobilise people from across Pakistan for the cause of Kashmir.

The Americans, he added, understand that this is the political party theycannot be an ally with. Saeed also asked Prime Minister Shahid KhaqanAbbasi to dedicate the rest of his day in office for the cause of Kashmir.

“The US will exclude your name from among its loyalists, but that will be amatter of honour,” he said. He asked Abbasi to hold a sit-in outside the UNoffice along with his cabinet against the “Indian atrocities in Kashmir”.

Anti-India slogans were raised at the rally. Rallies were also held inIslamabad, in the port city of Karachi and elsewhere in the country to markKashmir solidarity day.