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Mumbai attack accused Hafiz Saeed to remain under house arrest for 90 more days

Press Trust of India, Lahore | By
May 14, 2017 06:44 PM IST

Pakistan’s Punjab government extended the duration of the house arrest of the Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief and his four aides under the country’s anti-terrorism act.

Mumbai attack mastermind and Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed will remain under house arrest here for 90 more days after the expiry of his three- month detention period on Sunday night.

Hafiz Saeed (L) being escorted by a police official in Lahore, Pakistan.(AP File Photo)
Hafiz Saeed (L) being escorted by a police official in Lahore, Pakistan.(AP File Photo)

Pakistan’s Punjab government on Sunday decided to extend the duration of the house arrest of Saeed and his four aides under the country’s anti-terrorism act and the notification for it will be issued soon, an official of the Punjab government’s home department said.

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“The government has decided in principle to extend the house arrest of Hafiz Saeed, Prof Malik Zafar Iqbal, Abdur Rehman Abid, Qazi Kashif Hussain and Abdullah Ubaid for another 90 days under preventive detention,” he said.

The official said a consultative meeting on Saeed’s detention was held under interior minister Chaudhry Nisar in which the decision was taken.

The government on January 30 put Saeed and the four leaders under house arrest in Lahore for their alleged involvement in activities prejudicial to peace and security. The house arrest was made for a period of 90 days ending on Sunday night.

According to media reports, the Nawaz Sharif government had detained Saeed after the Trump administration, which had just taken over, had told Pakistan that it might face sanctions if it did not act against JuD and its chief.

The JuD, the front group of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba, and its sister organisation Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation (FIF), had also been put under terror watch on the basis of a report sent by the ministry of foreign affairs.

Saeed, along with his four aides, have filed a petition in the Lahore High Court challenging their detention through senior advocate AK Dogar.

During the previous hearing on the petition earlier this month, the Punjab government had told the Lahore High Court that no violation of law had been made in their detention as it had reasons to believe that JuD and FIF are engaged in activities which can be prejudicial to peace and security.

Saeed and his aides allege in their petition that the government detained them without any legal justification. He was also put under house arrest after the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, but he was freed by a court in 2009.

He has a bounty of $10 million on his head for his role in terror activities.

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