Jamaat-ud-Dawah News
MEA has strongly rejected Pakistan's claim of a role in the Lahore blast
MEA has called it a ''baseless and motivated'' propaganda by Pakistan
The Pakistani anti-terrorism court also ordered a six-month jail term for Hafiz Saeed's brother-in-law Hafiz Abdul Rehman Makki.
A Pakistan Anti Terrorism Court has awarded ten-and-a-half years imprisonment to 26/11 Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed.
This is the fourth conviction of Saeed in 2020.
JuD chief Hafiz Saeed on Saturday inaugurated the office of his recently launched political outfit Milli Muslim League (MML) in Islamabad.
The JuD is believed to be the front organisation for the banned LeT which is responsible for carrying out the Mumbai attacks in 2008.
The JuD chief has challenged the Pakistan govt ban on his outfits – JuD and charity organisation Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation.
The JuD chief has claimed that he was actually detained by the Pakistan government to stop him from raising the Kashmir issue.
Hafiz Saeed carries a USD 10 million American bounty for his role in terror activities.
In May 2008, the United States Department of the Treasury had designated Hafiz Saeed as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist under Executive Order 13224.
JuD chief has been under house arrest since January.
The order for his release was passed by Pakistan's Judicial Review Board.
The US has declared a USD 10 million bounty for Hafiz Saeed.
The Punjab Government in Pakistan had said that releasing Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed from house arrest will lead to unrest.
In a significant development, Indian Muslim clerics and imams have called for action against 26/11 mastermind and Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed for his anti-India activities.
Hafiz Saeed was also put under house arrest after the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, but he was freed by a court in 2009.
"The drive will continue till July 19 during which big gatherings, conferences and rallies will be held across (Pakistan)," said JuD acting chief Hafiz Abdul Rehman Makki.
Hafiz Saeed has been detained on the instruction of the federal government for their alleged involvement in activities prejudicial to peace and security of the country.
One of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks mastermind, Abdul Rehman Makki, has urged the Pakistani media to foster unrest in Kashmir.
Hafiz Saeed's brother-in-law Hafiz Abdul Rehman Makki was given the charge of the head of Jamaat-ud-Dawah in March this year.
Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed and four others challenged their house arrest in the Lahore High Court (LHC).
: With Pakistan finally putting Hafiz Saeed, the co-founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba and the chief of Jamaat-ud-Dawah under the Anti-Terrorism Act, India has asserted that effective action mandated internationally against him is the first step in ridding the region of the twin menaces of terrorism and violent extremism.
India on Thursday said that Hafiz Saeed needed to be brought to justice soon.
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