Islamabad: Pakistan Chief of the Army Staff, Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa described Hafiz Saeed as ‘active’ Pakistani to resolve the Kashmir issue, as every other citizen of the country.
Bajwa, speaking at an ‘in-camera session’ of the Senate Committee of the Whole in Islamabad, deliberated on a wide range of topics from politics to counter-terrorism operations and foreign policy.
When asked about Hafiz Saeed’s role in fighting for the country, especially the Kashmir issue, Bajwa said, “Like every other Pakistani, Saeed can also take up the Kashmir cause.”
Bajwa’s statement has come close on the heels of former Pakistan president General Parvez Musharraf declaring support for the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and JuD.
At the event, Bajwa further said if the Army’s role was proved in the recent Faizabad sit-in, he would resign from his post.
About 2,000 activists of Tehreek-i-Labaik Ya Rasool Allah (TLY) and its allied groups staged protests and sit-ins on highway and railway lines in several cities of Pakistan for nearly three weeks in November. The protests paralysed the life in Islamabad by occupying the Faizabad interchange, linking the Pakistani capital with Rawalpindi.
Bajwa was responding to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senator Mushahidullah Khan’s question.
