Pakistan should hand over Hafiz, Dawood to India: Venkaiah

Nawaz Sharif should seize the opportunity in the wake of the Peshawar attack and take bold steps to combat terror, he says

December 18, 2014 12:17 pm | Updated December 04, 2021 11:29 pm IST - New Delhi

Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu ahead of a Cabinet meeting at Parliament House on Wednesday.

Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu ahead of a Cabinet meeting at Parliament House on Wednesday.

India on Thursday asked Pakistan to hand over Mumbai terror attack case accused Hafiz Saeed and Dawood Ibrahim, who also figures in the country’s most wanted list, to it if Islamabad is serious about fighting terrorism.

Union Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu said Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif should seize the opportunity in the wake of terror attack on Peshawar school and take bold steps to combat terrorism.

“If Pakistan is serious in fighting terrorism, it should arrest Hafiz Saeed and Dawood Ibrahim and hand them over to India... I hope Nawaz Sharif will seize this opportunity to take bold steps against terrorism,” he told reporters outside Parliament.

Saeed is the “chief promoter” of terrorism in the world, Mr. Naidu said, calling him “an enemy of humanity”.

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