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.
The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of the Punjab Police on July 17 registered 23 FIRs against Saeed and his accomplices on the charges of "terror financing" in different cities of Punjab province and arrested the Jammat-ud-Dawah (JuD) chief. He is detained at the Kot Lakhpat jail.
Mumbai terror attack mastermind and chief of the banned JuD Hafiz Saeed could not be indicted by Lahore's anti-terrorism court for terror financing charges as authorities strangely failed to produce one of the co-accused at the high profile hearing on Saturday.
Pakistan submitted a report comprising answers to 22 questions to the FATF, Geo News quoted officials as saying. The report details Pakistan's actions against the groups the United Nations has listed as terrorist organisations as well as sentences handed to them by the courts.
UN designated terrorist and Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed is running the affairs of his banned Jamaat-ud Dawah (JuD) group from Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail, where he recently played the role of an arbitrator in a high-profile case between the police and the family of a suspected ATM thief who died in police custody.
The Asia Pacific Group report — which is set to be reviewed during this week’s task force meeting — said that while Pakistan seized some assets, the amounts seized were very small considering the extent of the money laundering and terrorist financing believed to be going on in the country.
Ahead of the Financial Action Task Force's crucial decision on whether to blacklist the country, US said that Pakistan must prevent militant groups from operating on its soil and prosecute top Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives along with its head Hafiz Saeed.
Next week's Financial Action Task Force (FATF) meeting will review progress made on controlling terror financing and money laundering by Pakistan.
The observations are a major blow to Pakistan which faces the threat of being placed under the FATF's "blacklist"
The observations are a major blow to Pakistan which faces the threat of being placed under the FATF's "blacklist"
LHC Chief Justice Sardar Shamim Ahmed heard a petition filed by Saeed in which he said that he was being kept in a jail in Lahore but was transported to Gujranwala for every appearance before the court.
Mumbai attack mastermind and banned JuD chief Hafiz Saeed has been allowed by an anti-terror committee of the UN Security Council to withdraw money from his bank account for basic expenses on Pakistan's request.
Hafiz Saeed has been declared Specially Designated Global Terrorist by the US Department of Treasury, which has even offered a $10 million reward for information to bring Hafiz Saeed to justice.
The abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir's special status under Article 370, publication of NRC in Assam and declaration of India's four most-wanted individuals as terrorists were cited as the Ministry of Home Affair's key achievements in the first 100 days of the Modi government's second term.
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