Whether Saeed's arrest was an eyewash or to save Prime Minister Imran Khan's face during his scheduled visit to the US in a few days' time or whether it was the FATF pressure of being blacklisted, only time will tell. For the moment, Twitterati had a few good laughs.
Wagle seems to think that the dozen or so interviews of the PM mean nothing unless the person asking questions is Raveesh 'Koun Jaat Ho' Kumar or Abhisar 'headlights' Sharma.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi had also recently expressed his immense respect and affection for the terror organisation Jaish-e-Mohammad chief, Masood Azhar.
The Enforcement Directorate had registered a fresh case against Hafiz Saeed on January 19 on the basis of a first information report (FIR) filed by the NIA in June 2017. Watali is allegedly the financier of LeT in India.
Rajeev Kumar further emphasised that India had not “escalated” tensions with Pakistan in the wake of the Indian Air Force strike on Balakot and called the operation a “non-military” strike to avert possible terrorist attacks in the country.
It is typical of Pakistan to pretend to having taken action against terrorists and terrorist organisations on its soil whenever international pressure mounts up and allow them to function freely as soon as the pressure wanes.