Lahore: Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief and 26/11 Mumbai terror attack instigator Hafiz Saeed on Friday criticized ousted Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for committing “treason” by in quest of companionship with neighboring India and disregards the "Kashmir cause" after releasing from house arrest in Lahore.

 Saeed was speaking to huge of JuD activists at the Jamia Masjid Al-Qadisa at Chauburji after releasing.

The workforce of his group greeted him after the Friday prayers and the pledge for "Kashmir Jihad" was started again.

 Saeed attacked government of Pakistan for "taking dictation from foreign masters" and spoke about "Indian atrocities" in Kashmir.

Saeed also insisted why the ex- Prime Minister Sharif was made to step down.

"Ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been punished for neglecting Kashmiris. Sharif is ousted from the prime minister house because he committed betrayal with Kashmiris. He wanted companionship with India and utterly avoided the Kashmir concern," he further asserted and threatened the PML-N government not to bow before the international group of people for loans.

"The leaders must not take dictation from the US and other nations and take its own decisions," he further said.

Saeed was set free from house arrest after the Pakistan government rejected to extend his arrest in any case.

Saeed says again that the US, on India's request, pressured Pakistan to keep in custody him.