<p>Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed has called on the Pakistan government to hold "serious talks" with India over the issue of sharing of river waters.<br /><br /></p>.<p>He made the remarks while addressing a meeting of JuD activists in the border city of Sialkot, 70 km from Lahore, yesterday.<br /><br />"Islamabad should hold a serious dialogue with New Delhi on this crucial issue, which will damage the agriculture-based economy of Pakistan," he claimed.<br /><br />"India is trying to render our country barren by stopping water coming here," he further claimed. The founder of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba said the world community could never ignore the sacrifices of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.<br /><br />"Sacrifices by thousands of Kashmiris will soon bear fruit," he claimed. Criticising the Pakistan People's Party-led government for reopening NATO supply routes to Afghanistan, Saeed said the Defa-e-Pakistan Council will continue its protests against the decision.<br /><br />The government recently ended a seven-month blockade of the supply lines after the US apologised for a NATO air strike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers last November.<br /><br />Though the US has offered a bounty of 10 million dollars for Saeed, the JuD leader has been freely holding public meetings across the country, especially in Punjab province.</p>
<p>Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed has called on the Pakistan government to hold "serious talks" with India over the issue of sharing of river waters.<br /><br /></p>.<p>He made the remarks while addressing a meeting of JuD activists in the border city of Sialkot, 70 km from Lahore, yesterday.<br /><br />"Islamabad should hold a serious dialogue with New Delhi on this crucial issue, which will damage the agriculture-based economy of Pakistan," he claimed.<br /><br />"India is trying to render our country barren by stopping water coming here," he further claimed. The founder of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba said the world community could never ignore the sacrifices of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.<br /><br />"Sacrifices by thousands of Kashmiris will soon bear fruit," he claimed. Criticising the Pakistan People's Party-led government for reopening NATO supply routes to Afghanistan, Saeed said the Defa-e-Pakistan Council will continue its protests against the decision.<br /><br />The government recently ended a seven-month blockade of the supply lines after the US apologised for a NATO air strike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers last November.<br /><br />Though the US has offered a bounty of 10 million dollars for Saeed, the JuD leader has been freely holding public meetings across the country, especially in Punjab province.</p>