Pakistan has released from house arrest the former chief of banned terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba, Hafeez Saeed, who was held in connection with the protests against the Prophet Mohammed cartoons.
The government on Monday released Saeed, who currently heads Jamat-ud-Dawa but has banned him from travelling to any other districts, Information Secretary of Dawa, Habibullah Salfi said.
Saeed was placed under house arrest on Friday last when he tried to attend a demonstration against the cartoons.
A senior Lahore Police official told Saeed on Monday that orders of his house arrest had been withdrawn, but that he could not travel to any other city or province of the country, Daily Times quoted Salfi as saying.
Saeed's house arrest came after Dawa activists were held responsible for the violence unleashed during a rally in Lahore on February 14 to protest against the publication of the cartoons.