On January 31, Saeed and his four aides were detained by the Punjab government for 90 days under the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997. They have been under house arrest since then.
Pakistan's Election Commission on Wednesday rejected an application for registration of Milli Muslim League, an offshoot of Hafiz Saeed's banned Jamaat-ud-Dawah.
Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed's house arrest will be set aside if the Pakistan government does not submit evidence against him, a top court here has warned
Hafiz Saeed's legal team has sent a Rs 100 million defamation notice to Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif.
India accuses Hafiz Saeed of links to the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks that killed 160 people, and he has been designated a terrorist by the US government.
Pakistan's foreign minister Khawaja Asif on Tuesday admitted that people like Hafiz Saeed and organisations such as Lashkar-e-Taiba are liabilities for the country.
Shah was arrested by the ED on July 25 in a money laundering case of 2005. The ED arrested Aslam Wani on August 6.
Earlier, Jamaat-ud-Dawah, a front for the Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group that carried out the deadly Mumbai attack, announced that it was launching the Milli Muslim League.
JuD member Sheikh Yaqoob contested the election against Kuslsoom from a parliamentary seat that fell vacant after Nawaz Sharif was disqualified by the Supreme Court.
Hafiz Saeed and his four aides had challenged the extension of their house arrest for another 60 days under section 1 of section 3 of Maintenance of Public Order, 1960.
The government in Pakistan’s Punjab province demolished offices of Hafiz Saeed's Falah-e-Insaniat in Lahore
Abdul Rehman Makki, the second in command of Jammat-ud-Dawah (JuD), has pledged to intensify “jihad” against Jammu and Kashmir
Over 1,000 Muslim clerics and imams have called on the United Nations to take action against the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack mastermind and Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed for his "anti-India" activities.
Hafiz Muhammad Saeed's banned outfit JuD today officially launched a political party in Pakistan.
India TV is compiling here a list of top five terrorists who are waging war against India from the Pakistani soil:
Hafiz Saeed has changed the name of Jamat-ud-Dawah to Milli Muslim League Pakistan and is planning to approach the Election Commission of Pakistan to register his party.
Hafiz Saeed’s move assumes significance as it comes after the disqualification of Nawaz Sharif and subsequent swearing-in of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as the new Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Hafiz Saeed, the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief, has been under house arrest since January 31 this year. His house arrest was extended for three more months in April which was going to expire on July 27.
Their connectivity on the ground, the mosques, madrassas and supporters translates into social media strength and they are (further) strengthened because they feel 'no one is going to touch us'
Pakistan has quietly banned Tehreek-e-Azaadi Jammu and Kashmir, a new front for Hafiz Saeed's Jamaat-ud-Dawa, as international pressure on the country grew, including from a global watchdog, to combat terror and its funding.
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