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Pak court restrains govt from arresting Hafiz Saeed
March 08, 2018
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Pakistani court on Wednesday extended a stay against the 'possible arrest' of
the Mumbai terror attack mastermind and Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief
Hafiz Saeed till April 4.
Ahead of the visit of the United Nations Security Council
monitoring team in Lahore, the Lahore high court on January 24 had restrained
the federal government from arresting Saeed on his petition.
On January
23, Saeed had moved the court seeking protection from his possible
arrest by the federal and the state governments, under the alleged
pressure from the United States and India.
Lahore HC Judge Ameenuddin Khanon Wednesday held the hearing and further extended the stay against Saeed's 'possible arrest' after the arguments of his counsel.
Saeed's counsel
Advocate A K Dogar said the government had planned to arrest Saeed on
the pressure of the US and India as it had already taken over the
movable and immovable assets of the JuD and Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation
and frozen their bank accounts on the international pressure.
He
said the Punjab government had detained Saeed for 10 months.
However, a
judicial review board comprising judges of the high court ordered his
release in November last.
"Hafiz Saeed is a founder/chairman of JuD and
Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF) and also established 142 schools and
three universities. For the last many years he has been engaged in
public welfare activities across the country," Dogar said.
"All actions
the (Pakistani) government has taken against his client so far
footprints of the US and Indian lobby are visible on them. The Indian
lobby for the last many years have been harbouring an unfounded
assumption that Hafiz Saeed was somehow involved in the Mumbai attacks,"
he added. -- PTI
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