US decision criticized

Published May 4, 2006

LAHORE, May 3: Jamaat Al-Dawa amir Hafiz Muhammad Saeed has criticised the US decision to declare the JD and Idara Khidmat-i-Khalq as terrorist organisations. In a statement on Wednesday, he recalled that a number of UN subsidiaries had approached the two for relief activities after the Oct 8 earthquake. If they were terrorist organisations, what was the justification for the UN subsidiaries to contact them, he asked. —Staff Reporter