US slams Pakistan Govt over release of Hafiz Saeed

Hafiz Saeed, Chief of Pakistan's religious group Jamaat-ud-Dawa addresses a seminar in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, Jan. 30, 2017. ÔªøPakistan has placed the leader of a charity linked to a militant group under house arrest. Hafiz Saeed, whose Jamaat-ud-Dawa is a front for Lashkar-e-Taiba, the group behind the 2008 Mumbai attacks, was placed under house arrest along with four aides.(AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

We have had many conversations with the Government of Pakistan. We hope that they will do the right thing and remind folks across Pakistan that we have a reward of $10 million for him: Heather Nauert, US Department of State spokesperson on Hafiz Saeed’s release she futher explained that lashkar-e-Taiba is considered a foreign terror organization by the US Government for a reason and for a good reason. We would certainly have concerns about him running for office (Pakistan election)