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"
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.
In a big admission, Pakistan's Interior Minister has accepted that Islamabad spent millions on dreaded terrorist Hafiz Saeed and his banned organisation Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD). Minister Brig (R) Ijaz Ahmed made the remarks on a Pakistani private news channel 'Hum News'.
The Ministry of Home Affairs said on Wednesday declared terror masterminds Masood Azhar, Hafiz Saeed, Zaki-ur-Rehman-Lakhvi and Dawood Ibrahim as terrorists under new anti-terror law.
Terror masterminds Masood Azhar, Hafiz Saeed, Zaki-ur-Rehman-Lakhvi and Dawood Ibrahim have been declared terrorists under new anti-terror law, the Ministry of Home Affairs said on Wednesday.
Earlier in July this year, the Trump Administration had expressed doubts over Pakistan's intentions in arresting terrorist Hafiz Muhammed Saeed, the mastermind of the 2001 Indian Parliament attack and the 2008 Mumbai attack.
Hafiz Saeed arrest: Donald Trump administration has expressed doubts over recent arrest of Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed. It termed the previous arrests as a 'window dressing' and has demanded concrete action against him this time. The statement has bolstered India's stand that Pakistan has always pretended to take action against Hafiz Saeed.
Mumbai terror attack mastermind and JuD chief Hafiz Saeed was arrested on Wednesday on terror financing charges by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of Punjab Province, just days ahead of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's maiden visit to the US.
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed credit for the arrest of Hafiz Saeed by Pakistan government, saying great pressure has been exerted over the last two years to find him even as India is yet to officially react to Islamabad's action.
Hafiz Saeed arrest: Ujjwal Nikam's reaction came soon after news of Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed's arrest broke in the media. Nikam stressed the need for conviction of Hafiz Saeed. He suugested that a mere arrest may not prove to be adequate.
Hafiz Saeed arrested in Lahore, Pakistan: Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed has been arrested in Lahore. He has been sent to judicial custody. Hafiz Saeed has been arrested in relation to terror funding. At the time of the arrest, Hafiz Saeed was travelling to Gujranwala from Lahore.
An anti-terrorism court in Lahore has granted pre-arrest bail to Jamat ud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed and three others in a case pertaining to the outfit's alleged illegal use of land for its seminary.
"The CTD has booked the (13) leaders of JuD and other proscribed organisations on the charges of terror financing. As the FIRs have been registered the suspects will be arrested shortly," Punjab police spokesperson Niyab Haider Naqvi said.
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