Hafiz Saeed petitions court to block takeover of charities

LAHORE: A founder of a Pakistani militant group blacklisted by the United Nations for terrorism said on Tuesday he had filed a court petition to halt government plans to seize control of his charities.

Hafiz Saeed is the founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), or Army of the Pure, blamed by the United States, India for four days of shootings and bombings in Mumbai in 2008 that killed 166 people.

UNSC blacklist

LeT, Saeed and charities that he controls are all included on terrorism blacklists by the UN Security Council and the United States. He denies any role in the Mumbai attacks and says he and his charities have no links to militants.