Terrorist Syed Salahuddin openly warns Pakistan against Jaish crackdown

January 21, 2016 10:54

Reuters reports: Syed Salahuddin, chief of terrorist alliance United Jihad Council, has openly condemned the crackdown by the Pakistan government against Jaish-e-Mohammad, which India said was responsible for the attack on the Pathankot air base.

The UJC had claimed responsibility for the assault in Pathankot on January 2.

"We are at a loss to understand whether they (the Pakistan government) are concerned about the interests of the country that feeds them or that of its enemy?" Salahuddin told a news conference, referring to the government's crackdown.

"Pakistan is not only an advocate but also a party to the longstanding Kashmir dispute and therefore the Pakistani people, government and media should play the role of a patron rather than of an adversary."

Salahuddin's public comments could cause further tensions between the two nuclear armed rivals, with New Delhi accusing Islamabad of tolerating groups openly hostile to India.

Police outside the Press Club in Muzzafarabad, where Salahuddin made the remarks, made no move to arrest him.

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