COURT ADMITS SAEED’S PLEA
A Pakistani court on Monday issued notices to the Punjab government and Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) to file a reply by October 28 on the petition of Mumbai attack mastermind and Jamaat-udDawa chief Hafiz Saeed challenging his arrest in a terrorism financing case.
Saeed, a UN designated terrorist whom the US has placed a $10 million bounty on, was arrested on July 17 in the terror financing case. He is lodged at the Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat jail in high security.
The JuD chief prayed the court to quash all 23 FIRs related to terror financing against him and 67 others.
Pakistani court on Monday issued notices to the Punjab government and Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) to file a reply by October 28 on the petition of Mumbai attack mastermind and JuD chief Hafiz Saeed challenging his arrest in a terrorism financing case.
Saeed, a UN designated terrorist, was arrested on July 17 in the terror financing case. He is lodged at the Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat jail in high security.
“A Lahore High Court twomember bench headed by Justice Mohammad Qasim Khan held the hearing of Saeed and others’ petition. The court issued notices to the Punjab government and CTD of Punjab Police to file a reply by October 28 on the issue,” a court official told PTI after the hearing.
Representing the JuD chief, AK Dogar said, “Saeed and other 67 nominated in the terror financing FIRs are not terrorists. Saeed has no link with Lashkar-i-Taiba (LeT) or al-Qaeda. The properties allegedly owned by him are in fact belong to seminaries.” He prayed the court to quash all 23 FIRs related to terror financing against Saeed and others.
The CTD had registered 23 FIRs against the petitioners on the charges of “terror financing” in different cities of Punjab province and arrested Saeed on July 17.
The cases have been registered in Lahore, Gujranwala and Multan for collection of funds for terrorism financing.