Shehbaz Sharif declines question on Hafiz Saeed at UN
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif declined to answer when a reporter asked when his government would prosecute Hafiz Saeed, identified in the question as the chief of Lashkar-e-Taiba. NDTV reported that Sharif again refused to respond while leaving the United Nations headquarters.
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif declined to answer a reporter’s question about Hafiz Saeed while leaving United Nations headquarters, according to NDTV. The reporter asked Sharif: “When will you prosecute Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief Hafiz Saeed?” The supplied report says Sharif again refused to answer. The exchange followed an earlier interaction in which the reporter had questioned the Pakistani prime minister about Saeed, although the available material provides no details of that first question or Sharif’s response.
The report does not state whether Sharif’s government has announced a prosecution timetable, nor does it provide an explanation for his refusal to respond. It also includes no comment from Saeed, LeT or Pakistani officials. The incident took place as Sharif was leaving the UN headquarters.
The supplied source gives no further information about the wider discussions or meetings connected with his visit.
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