Pak Defends Hizbul Chief Syed Salahuddin Designated 'Global Terrorist' By US

Pak Defends Hizbul Chief Syed Salahuddin Designated 'Global Terrorist' By US

Syed Salahuddin, chief of the Pakistan-based terrorist group Hizbul Mujahideen, was declared a Specially Designated Global Terrorist by the US Department of State yesterday. 

 

Pakistan has defended terrorist Syed Salahuddin following a US order against him.

Highlights

1. US brands Salahuddin a global terrorist before PM Modi-Trump meet
2. Pak says 'completely unjustified', will support Kashmiri 'struggle'
3. India says move could choke Salahuddin's funding and movements

New Delhi: 
 A day after Syed Salahuddin, chief of the terrorist group Hizbul Mujahideen, was declared a Specially Designated Global Terrorist by the US Department of State, Pakistan has pitched a fervent defence in his favour, calling the move "completely unjustified".

"The designation of individuals supporting the Kashmiri right to self-determination as terrorists is completely unjustified," a Pakistani spokesperson said in a statement that did not name the 71-year-old Salahuddin. "Pakistan shall continue to extend political, diplomatic and moral support for the just struggle of the Kashmiri people," the foreign ministry statement said.

Wanted in India for a series of terrorist attacks in Jammu and Kashmir that have targeted security forces and civilians, Salahuddin has been operating out of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.