Thackeray their hero, Hafiz ours: Musharraf

[Zarvan]

Pervez Musharraf (File Photo)
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NEW DELHI: Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf has equated 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed with RSS and Shiv Sena and said those demanding action against the outlawed Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief in his country were toeing the Indian line.

He said Afghan and Kashmiri mujahideen were their heroes in the 1990s, but the situation has now changed while referring to Saeed "I do not want to discuss this (Saeed) issue,'' Musharraf shot back at his interviewer on a popular Pakistani TV channel on Saturday night. "Since India is going after this, we are also following them."

He then launched a tirade asking the interviewer to see what RSS was doing in India. "They do not play cricket with us. You saw what happened with (Pakistan cricket board chief) Shahryar Khan," he said. "The face of (ex-Pakistan foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud) Kasuri's book release organiser was blackened. Ghulam Ali's concert was banned and he was thrown out."

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"This is what is happening there. Are we catching any Sena leader? Was not Bal Thackeray a terrorist... did anybody catch him... a serving Army colonel was involved in the Samjautha blast in which 100 (sic) Pakistanis were killed. You are talking about Saeed, give us that Colonel," he said.

He cited Pakistan's support for the US-backed Afghan war and said the atmosphere changed after 1979 when Islamabad introduced religious militancy in its favour to throw the Soviets out. "We brought mujahideen from around the world. We trained the Taliban... and sent them in. They were our heroes. (Afghan warlord Jalaluddin) Haqqani is our hero of 1980s. Osama (bin Laden) was our hero. Yes, CIA's as well. (al-Qaida chief Ayman) al-Zawahiri was our hero," he acknowledged.

But he added that the atmosphere has changed now. "The hero has become a villain."

He said a similar thing was replicated in Kashmir in the 1990s. "A freedom struggle started there in the 1990s. They (Kashmiris) were killed badly. Indian Army killed them, they came to Pakistan. We gave them heroes' reception."

Musharraf acknowledged Pakistan trained and supported Kashmiri rebels. "They were mujahideen who would fight the Indian Army for their rights. LeT was formed along with 10-12 such groups," he said. He called these groups their heroes who were putting their lives at stake. "Now this has converted into terrorism."

Thackeray their hero, Hafiz ours: Musharraf - The Times of India
@nair @GURU DUTT @OrionHunter @MilSpec @Water Car Engineer

 

[MilSpec]

Thackeray is not our hero,he is someone Pakistan would like to be our hero, so they can justify their shortcomings, he was just another Politician of India. Our heroes are Kalam, CV Raman, Ratan Tata, Tagore, and their likes.

Right wing fringe groups in India validate the philosophical stand of AIML and it's progeny which became the state of Pakistan. Red Herrings which pop out in the age of 24 hr's news networks overzealous exuberance fits Pakistan's narrative but a pluralistic secular India remains a thorn in the eye for the so-called, "thekedaars of Islam".

 

[Tipu7]

Thackeray is not our hero,he is someone

MODI?

Hafiz Saeed is liked and disliked on equal levels here in Pakistan. It's childish to call him Hero of Pakistan.

Our heroes are Kalam, CV Raman, Ratan Tata, Tagore, and their likes.

And our heros are
Dr AQ Khan, Edhi, Imran Khan and likes of them
(I do not consider business men as heros as they do business)

 

[surya kiran]

That's the spirit. I hope more such heroes are produced in Pakistan. Best case scenario for India!

 

[saurav]

Good that he has accepted that Hafiz Saeed is Pakistan's hero.

Thakrey was never a hero and if his son's acumen is any indication, his will be a fringe party in even Maharshtra in coming days.

 

[indianBong]

seriously??? an international terrorist is a "national hero"!!!!! Shiv sena supremo isnt our hero.... neither is he an international terrorist.....

 

[CHD]

if not tackhrey, but MODI is you PM a known terrorist and murderer who was not allowed to enter USA until very recently!

 

[indianBong]

if not tackhrey, but MODI is you PM a known terrorist and murderer who was not allowed to enter USA until very recently!

MODI?

modi is a democratically elected member of parliament.... not necessarily a national hero....

 

[third eye]

Musharraf acknowledged Pakistan trained and supported Kashmiri rebels. "They were mujahideen who would fight the Indian Army for their rights. LeT was formed along with 10-12 such groups," he said. He called these groups their heroes who were putting their lives at stake. "Now this has converted into terrorism."

Once they hang their uniforms Generals must shut up else they start leaking things.

This man is not spilling the beans but verifying all what India has been been alleging all along.

 

[CHD]

modi is a democratically elected member of parliament.... not necessarily a national hero....

So what, you consider HS terrorist we condieder Modi a mass murderer. If we even believe your story of hafiz saeed that he killed 160 indians, what about the thousands that have been killed in kashmir in the past 60 years who should be held accountable for that?

 

[Styx]

So what, you consider HS terrorist we condieder Modi a mass murderer. If we even believe your story of hafiz saeed that he killed 160 indians, what about the thousands that have been killed in kashmir in the past 60 years who should be held accountable for that?

Pakistan

 

[third eye]

So what, you consider HS terrorist we condieder Modi a mass murderer. If we even believe your story of hafiz saeed that he killed 160 indians, what about the thousands that have been killed in kashmir in the past 60 years who should be held accountable for that?

Elect HS as your next PM

Maybe this will stop the flood of allegations.

 

[surya kiran]

So what, you consider HS terrorist we condieder Modi a mass murderer. If we even believe your story of hafiz saeed that he killed 160 indians, what about the thousands that have been killed in kashmir in the past 60 years who should be held accountable for that?

Going by that logic, all heads of Pakistan are genocidal maniacs. Killing of Shias, Balochs and all minorities of Pakistan. They are at the end of the day responsible. For backing terrorists and using them as instruments of state policy.

 

[Skywalker]

That's the spirit. I hope more such heroes are produced in Pakistan. Best case scenario for India!

Grow some balls and try crossing the border,otherwise shut up indiot.

Pakistan

Shut up piss drinker.

 

[Areesh]

Lies, lies and more lies. It is funny that this delusional, ignorant and war mongering nation which is commonly known as Indians is being such lies by its media.