Overview

• Senior JuD figures Saifullah Kasuri and Muzammil Hashmi publicly asserted their group backed last year’s student-led protests that forced Sheikh Hasina from office.
• The operatives described the demonstrations as “revenge for 1971,” invoking Pakistan’s defeat in the Bangladesh Liberation War as justification for their actions.
• Kasuri mourned the May 7 Indian airstrike on Muridke, where JuD member Mudassar was killed, and noted high-level Pakistani officials attended his funeral.
• Former diplomat Hussain Haqqani warned that such militant rhetoric undermines Pakistan’s official stance on cutting ties with extremist networks.
• Analysts say JuD’s admissions could prompt renewed Financial Action Task Force scrutiny of Pakistan’s efforts to curb sanctioned terror outfits.