Tag: Hafiz Saeed

Pakistan court sentences 26/11 Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed to 10 years jail term

Hafiz Saeed and his two aides - Zafar Iqbal and Yahya Mujahid - have been sentenced to 10-and-a-half years each, while his brother-in-law Abdul Rehman Makki has been sentenced to six-month imprisonment.

November 19, 2020

Pak to stay on FATF ‘grey list’, may fall into ‘blacklist’ on failure to deliver on 8 points by June

The FATF in October last decided to keep Pakistan on its 'Grey' list for failure to curb funnelling of funds to terror groups Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed and others.

February 21, 2020

Terror groups continue to get funds from supporters, says FATF ahead of decision on Pak

Without naming Pakistan, the FATF said in a statement that terrorists use various methods to gain financing, including using social media to identify new followers and to solicit financial or other forms of material support.

February 18, 2020

Saeed in the dock

The Lahore anti-terrorism court has sentenced the man to imprisonment for five-and-a-half years and a fine of Rs 15,000 in each of the two cases.

February 14, 2020

India cautious on Pakistan court’s conviction of Hafiz Saeed

“We have seen media reports that a court in Pakistan has sentenced UN-designated and internationally proscribed terrorist Hafiz Saeed in terror financing case. It is part of a long-pending international obligation of Pakistan to put an end to support for terrorism,” sources in the government said.

February 13, 2020

As Pak jails Mumbai attack plotter Hafiz Saeed, India sceptic on move, questions ‘efficacy’

The anti-terror financing body-FATF had, in October last year, warned Pakistan of strong action if it fails to take measures on terror financing and money laundering by February 2020.

February 13, 2020

Mumbai attack plotter Hafiz Saeed convicted in terror financing cases, gets 5 years in jail

In July last, the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of the Punjab Police had registered 23 FIRs against Saeed and his 12 accomplices on charges of 'terror financing' in different cities of Punjab province and arrested the JuD chief.

February 12, 2020

India, US ask Pakistan to take ‘immediate, irreversible action’against terrorists

The two countries also asked Pakistan to take concerted action against all terrorist networks, including al-Qaeda, ISIS, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammad, Haqqani Network, Hizb-ul Mujahideen, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and D-Company of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.

December 20, 2019

26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed indicted on terror financing charges by Pakistan court

The development comes after Financial Action Task Force (FATF) warned Pakistan of blacklisting it in October this year.

December 11, 2019

FATF likely to place Pak in ‘Dark Grey’ list till Feb 2020, to announce decision today

'Dark Grey' means the issuance of a strong warning so that the country concerned gets one last chance to improve.

October 18, 2019

Pak must prosecute 4 arrested LeT terrorists along with chief Hafiz Saeed: US

In July, Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed was arrested by the CTD of Pakistan’s Punjab Province and has been on judicial remand ever since.

October 14, 2019

Ahead of FATF meet next week, Pak arrests 4 aides of Mumbai attack plotter Hafiz Saeed

Next week's Financial Action Task Force (FATF) meeting will review progress made on controlling terror financing and money laundering.

October 11, 2019

India calls for increased cooperation between FATF and UN to fight terrorism

According to UN provisions, all countries are required to freeze the funds and other financial assets or economic resources of designated terrorists. The resolution also provides for states to sanction basic expenses of the designated individuals if there is no-objection over it.

October 10, 2019

‘Pak has not taken sufficient action against terrorists, terror groups’: FATF report

The long-awaited 228-page report was published on Saturday, a week before the FATF is set to announce its decision to remove or retain Pakistan in its grey list.

October 7, 2019

Pak High Commission ‘supporting’ separatists to create unrest in Kashmir: NIA on J-K terror funding

The NIA had earlier on Friday named Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik and four others in its second chargesheet in connection with a terror funding case.

October 5, 2019

Yasin Malik, 4 others named in NIA terror funding chargesheet, accused of linked to Saeed

The agency charged them of allegedly receiving funds from Pakistan to carry out terrorist activities and stone-pelting in 2010 and 2016.

October 4, 2019

On Pak’s plea, UNSC allows Mumbai attack plotter Hafiz Saeed access to bank account for ‘basic expenses’

Saeed's assets had been frozen after the UNSC sanctioned him under Resolution 1267 for links with the Al Qaeda and Islamic State (IS).

September 27, 2019