Hafiz Saeed holds yet another India bashing rally in Pakistan

LAHORE: Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, the alleged mastermind of the Mumbai attacks, today vowed to avenge the creation of Bangladesh in 1971 and to continue the "holy" war in Jammu and Kashmir.

Addressing a 'Defence of Pakistan' rally here attended by about 50,000 people, the founder of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba claimed it was the duty of Pakistanis to take revenge for the killing of Muslims in Gujarat in 2002, the destruction of the Babri Masjid in 1992 and the killing of Pakistani nationals in the bombing of the Samjhauta Express train in 2007.

Saeed said Kashmiri separatist leaders like Ali Shah Geelani, Shabbir Shah and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq should know that the JuD was "with you yesterday, we will remain with you today".

He added: "As long as Indian troops do not leave Kashmir, the jihad will continue".

Saeed opposed the Pakistan government's move to give Most Favoured Nation-status to India and warned that the JuD would disrupt activities at markets where Indian products would be sold.