BADIN: The chief of banned Jamaatud Dawa, Hafiz Saeed, has rejected allegations that his organisation is promoting extremism in Thar by opening seminaries in the poverty stricken arid region.

Mr Saeed said at Nazriya-i-Pakistan Council in Matli on Monday that it was Muslims’ responsibility to safeguard holy places of their Hindus brethern. “We will not allow destruction of temples and other holy places of non-Muslims in the country,” he warned. He said that his support for Kashmiri Muslims was unwavering. “We were and are with Kashmiris.” The federal government was not taking the looming threat from RAW seriously, which was a matter of great concern for every patriot, he said.

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

He said that the charity wing of his organisation was getting love from people of drought-hit Thar because it was serving them selflessly in their difficult times.

He rejected allegations that JuD was promoting extremism in Thar by opening seminaries.

HYDERABAD: The United States is promoting organisations like Daesh to defame and distort Islam, said Mr Saeed at the inauguration ceremony for Al Baseera Deen and Science College at Hala Naka.

He said that India was using RAW to destabilise Pakistan. The UN kept mum over bombing in Syria in which innocent men, women and children were being maimed on a daily basis, he said.

He said that he was committed to promoting harmony among different sections of society and said Pakistan’s integrity was linked with unity.

Published in Dawn, May 3rd, 2016