Saeed, the leader of the banned group Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), slammed the cricket diplomacy initiated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Addressing a gathering of about 200 supporters at Islamabad, Saeed said, "This cricket diplomacy, these so called trade and friendship efforts have no value. We want to be clear about this. We are with the Kashmiri people and will continue to give our full support till they are free. We will stand by the Kashmiri people until they have achieved freedom."
Saeed also raised the Kashmir bogey, calling for its "liberation".
"The path the Pakistani government is adopting, to gain India's friendship is not acceptable to Pakistan under any circumstances and we want to be clear about this, we are with the Kashmiris and, god willing, we will fulfil our commitment."
Saeed's comments at the gathering is one of several instances where the Pakistani establishment has looked the other way even as he continues with his anti-India rant at rallies right in the heart of cities acoss the country.
Besides Saeed, the gathering was addressed by Abdul Aziz Alvi, the head of the JuD in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, United Jihad Council vice-chairman Muhammad Usman and leaders of the Hurriyat Conference.
Both Saeed and Alvi were briefly detained in the wake of the Mumbai attacks, which were blamed on the Lashkar-e-Toiba.
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