Protests against US offer of $10 million bounty on Hafiz Saeed

Описание: (6 Apr 2012) Islamabad
1. Mid of protesters chanting slogan "friend of America is a traitor"
2. Close of Jammat Ud Dawa flags
3. Wide of rally
4. Close of protesters listening to speech
5. Mid of Syed Tayyab addressing the rally
6. SOUNDBITE: (Urdu) Syed Tayyab, local Jammat Ud dawa leader:
"We are here to clarify that the US has violated international law, and no one who has a mind can accept this (bounty on Hafiz Saeed). And we are here to make our government realise that the security and safety of the people is solely the responsibility of the government. Our government should take this matter seriously."
6. Over the shoulder shot of rally
7. Mid shot protesters chanting slogan " Hafiz saeed you have innumerable loyalists"
8. Wide top shot of rally
Peshawar
9. Protester chanting slogans, protesters in background replying. UPSOUND: (Urdu) "Friend of India is a Traitor"
10. Close of protester chanting slogan UPSOUND: (Urdu) "God is Great".
11. Mid of Defence Council of Pakistan central leader Molana Shaikh Yaqoob, delivering his speech to audience
12. Over the shoulder of Molana sheikh Yaqoob
13. Mid of participants ,holding charts
14. SOUNDBITE: (Urdu) Molana Shaikh Yaqoob, Central leader Defence Council of Pakistan:
"If the NATO supply is restored the US and NATO forces would get the opportunity to commit bloodshed in Afghanistan, likewise they would get the same opportunity of terrorism in Pakistan. And therefore its necessary that the NATO supply line should remain suspended in order to avoid war."
15. Mid of Protesters holding Chart reading (Urdu) "The Hero of Muslim Umma (Nation) Hafiz Saeed"
16. SOUNDBITE: (Urdu) Molana Shaikh Yaqoob, Central leader Defence Council of Pakistan:
"Hafiz Mohammad Saeed raises a voice against the NATO supply therefore they "USA" announces the bounty on him. By doing this they provide evidence of terrorism by their own and the USA has done an unconstitutional and unlawful act. If they have some evidence or proof against Hafiz Saeed even then they should have adopted the law."
17. Various of protester chanting anti-American slogans
STORYLINE:
Dozens of Pakistanis demonstrated in Islamabad on Friday against a 10 (m) million dollar US bounty put on Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, the founder of the militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba.
Saeed has been accused of orchestrating the 2008 attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai that killed 166 people, including six American citizens. He operates openly in Pakistan, giving public speeches and appearing on television talk shows.
In the north-eastern city of Peshawar dozens also demonstrated against the bounty and they called on the suspension of NATO supply lines from Pakistan to Afghanistan not to be lifted.
Islamabad closed its borders to the supplies in November in retaliation for American airstrikes that accidentally killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.
Saeed has given speeches against resuming the supply line, an issue under discussion in parliament.
The US said it issued the bounty for information leading to Saeed's arrest and conviction in response to his increasingly "brazen" appearances.
The bounty marked a shift in the long-standing U.S. calculation that going after the leadership of an organisation used as a proxy by the Pakistani military against archenemy India would cause too much friction with the Pakistani government.
This shift has occurred as the U.S.-Pakistani relationship has steadily deteriorated over the last year, and as the perception of Lashkar-e-Taiba's potential threat to the West has increased.

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