Hafiz Saeed calls Nawaz Sharif a traitor for seeking peace with India

Hafiz Saeed calls Nawaz Sharif a traitor for seeking peace with India…..

JuD chief and mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack Hafiz Saeed on Friday called ousted former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif a “traitor” for seeking peace with neighbour and arch-rival India.

Hafiz Saeed, who has a $10 million US bounty on his head over the Mumbai attack, spoke at Friday prayers after being freed earlier today from 11 months of house arrest by a court that said there was no evidence to hold him.

Saeed was placed under house arrest in January while Sharif was still prime minister, a move that drew praise from India, which had long been furious at Saeed’s freedom in Pakistan.

A Supreme Court ruling disqualified Sharif from office in July over a corruption investigation, though his party still runs the government.

Saeed, however, said Sharif deserved to be removed for his peace overtures with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

“Nawaz Sharif asks why he was ousted? I tell him he was ousted because he committed treason against Pakistan by developing friendship with Modi,” Saeed said.

The JuD chief also wasted no time in launching his anti-India rhetoric by saying he would mobilise people for the “cause of Kashmir”.

The fire-brand cleric’s release after midnight came ahead of the 9th anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks in which as many as 166 people were killed.