The Lahore High Court Chief (LHC) has allowed shifting of the two terror-financing cases against Hafiz Saeed, the leader of the banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) who the mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, and his four associates from Sahiwal to Lahore.
Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Mohammad Saeed will most certainly be released after the verdict of Financial Action Task Force (FATF) as reported by news agency ANI.
On Wednesday, Alice Wells, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of US for South and Central Asian Affairs had termed the conviction of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed as an "important step forward" towards holding terrorist organisation LeT "accountable for its crimes".
The decision has been made on the eve of the FATF Plenary meeting, which has to be noted. Hence, the efficacy of this decision remains to be seen: Govt Sources
Meanwhile, the United States has welcomed the conviction of 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed and called it an important step towards holding the Lashkar-a-Taiba (LeT) accountable.
The action came two days before the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) plenary in Paris that will decide on Pakistan's blacklisting or greylisting.
Five members of a family including three children - aged 18, 16 and 12 years were found dead at a home in Delhi's Bhajanpura. Delhi Police had received a call at nearly 11:30 am today after neighbours complained of foul smell emanating from the house. The police broke the door of the house and found the five bodies -- three males and two females
Jamat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed has been convicted by a Pakistan court in terror financing cases. The Mumbai terror attack mastermind has been sentenced to five years in jail. This comes two days before terror watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) plenary in Paris that will decide on Pakistan's blacklisting/greylisting.
Hafiz Saeed, Mumbai terror attack mastermind and chief of JuD, has been convicted in terror financing cases. Saeed has been sentenced to jail for five years.
An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan on Tuesday accepted a plea of Mumbai attack mastermind and Jamat-ud-Dawa chief (JuD), Hafiz Saeed, to club all six terror financing cases against him and his aides, and announce the verdict on completion of the trial.
Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed on Tuesday pleaded "not guilty" in two terror financing cases against him as the Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief recorded his statement in a Pakistani anti-terrorism court here, amidst mounting international pressure on Islamabad to rein in militant groups.
The court accepted the request of Saeed's counsel and adjourned the hearing till Tuesday. In the last hearing on Friday, a questionnaire was handed over to Saeed in the ATC regarding charges of terror financing against him.
Handing over a questionnaire to a Hafiz Saeed, a prime suspect in the terror-financing case seems weird, a lawyer said.
A Pakistan anti-terrorism court (ATC) has summoned Hafiz Saeed, the leader of the banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) who is the mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, to record his closing statements on Friday in two terror financing cases against him.
Seven more prosecution witnesses testified against the mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attack, Hafiz Saeed, for his alleged involvement in terror financing case in a four-hour hearing at a Pakistani court here on Friday.
Five witnesses testified against the Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed and his close aide Zafar Iqbal on Thursday for their involvement in terror financing before an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan.
An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has indicted the chief of the banned Jamaatud Dawa (JuD), Hafiz Saeed, and other JuD leaders in another terror financing case registered against them by the Counterterrorism Department (CTD), Gujranwala, the media reported.
The much-awaited trial of Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed began here on Friday with a witness testifying against him in the anti-terrorism court which also indicted the JuD chief in another case of terror financing, amidst intense international pressure on Pakistan to bring him to justice.
This has happened for the fourth time in succession. Hafiz Saeed and his three aides Hafiz Abdul Salam bin Muhammad, Muhammad Ashraf and Zafar Iqbal could not be produced before Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Lahore due to lawyers' strike.
The prosecution which was to present witnesses against Saeed, who is detained at the Kot Lakhpat jail here, and others failed to bring them to the court as the lawyers have been on a strike for the last three days protesting against the arrest of their colleagues in a case of hooliganism at a hospital in Lahore.
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