Hafiz Saeed's detention extended for three more months
May 01, 2017  16:40
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Pakistan on Monday extended the detention of Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed and his close aides for three more months.

Saeed, the alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, has been under house arrest since January 30. The JuD and its charity arm Falah-i-Insaaniyat had also been put on a terrorist watch list.

A notification by the home ministry of Punjab province announced the decision to extend Saeeds detention. Saeed and his aides have challenged their detention in the Lahore High Court but only a couple of hearings have been held so far in which the court had asked the government to provide written reasons for his arrest.

The crackdown on Saeed and his aides came in late January after Pakistani newspapers reported that the US had threatened to impose sanctions on Pakistan if it did not ban the JuD. Pakistani authorities, however, denied the reports.
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