Solid evidence required for action against Hafiz Saeed: FO

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office responded to the $10 million bounty on Hafiz Saeed placed by the US. According to the spokesman for the

Foreign Office Abdul Basit, Pakistan will give priority to solid evidence provided against Hafiz Saeed.

Basit added that solid evidence was required to initiate legal action against Saeed. The Foreign Office spokesman emphasized that Pakistan was a democratic country with an independent judiciary and evidence against anyone required judicial scrutiny.

The United States placed a $10 million bounty on hafiz Saeed who is accused of masterminding the attacks on Mumbai.