JuD will not allow destruction of Hindu temples in Pakistan: Hafiz Saeed

He said the law enforcement agencies were sincerely trying to fight against anti-state actors and RAW agents but the Nawaz Sharif government remained silent over it.

Islamabad, May 3: Chief of Pakistan’s banned JuD, Hafiz Saeed, has said his organisation will not allow destruction of Hindu temples and other holy places of non- Muslims in the country. It was Muslims’ responsibility to safeguard holy places of their Hindus brethren, he said while addressing a meeting in Matli town of Sindh province yesterday. “We will not allow destruction of temples and other holy places of non-Muslims in the country,” he warned. (Read: Hafiz Saeed led JuD running ‘Sharia Court’ in Lahore to dispense swift justice)

The Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief rejected allegations that his organisation is promoting extremism in Thar area of Sindh, which borders India, by opening seminaries in the poverty- stricken arid region. Saeed also pledged support for Kashmiri Muslims, according to a Dawn report. He said the law enforcement agencies were sincerely trying to fight against anti-state actors and RAW agents but the Nawaz Sharif government remained silent over it.