Tag: Hafiz Saeed
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Pakistan among countries providing ‘safe havens’ to terrorists: US
The US on Wednesday listed Pakistan among the nations providing "safe havens" to terrorists, saying terror groups like the LeT and JeM continued to operate, train, organise and fundraise inside the country. In its annual 'Country Report on Terrorism', as mandated by the Congress, the State Department said the Mumbai attack mastermind and UN-designated terrorist...
July 19, 2017 -
Saeed’s detention case: Pak court defers verdict till July 3
Mumbai terror attack mastermind and Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Saeed and his four aides will have to celebrate Eid in custody as Pakistan's Lahore High Court on Monday deferred its verdict till July 3 in their detention case. "As a division bench headed by Justice Abdul Sami Khan on Monday held the court to announce the verdict a...
June 19, 2017 -
Hafiz Saeed spreading terror in name of jihad, Pak tells judicial review board
Mumbai terror attack mastermind and Jamat-ud Dawah (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed and his four aides have been detained for “spreading terrorism in the name of jihad”, Pakistan's interior ministry has told a judicial review board. Saeed appeared before the board yesterday and told it that he had been detained by the Pakistani government in order...
May 14, 2017 -
Pakistan’s Hafiz factor
The Pakistan Government has listed Hafiz Saeed, founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba, and four of his associates, under the country’s Anti-Terrorism Act, which provides for the imposition of restriction on their movements and opportunities to address the media. On 30 January, Saeed and his associates were placed under house arrest in Lahore, provoking protests from his supporters...
February 23, 2017 -
Pakistan’s Hafiz factor
The Pakistan Government has listed Hafiz Saeed, founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba, and four of his associates, under the country’s Anti-Terrorism Act, which provides for the imposition of restriction on their movements and opportunities to address the media. On 30 January, Saeed and his associates were placed under house arrest in Lahore, provoking protests from his supporters...
February 23, 2017 -
Let’s see if Saeed’s arrest result of wise thinking: Parrikar
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday said it has to be seen whether terror mastermind Hafiz Saeed's house arrest was the result of "real wise thinking" on the part of Pakistan or simply because things had started "burning under their feet". Parrikar also rejected the concept of good and bad terrorism, insisting,"I can say when...
February 21, 2017 -
Let’s see if Saeed’s arrest result of wise thinking: Parrikar
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday said it has to be seen whether terror mastermind Hafiz Saeed's house arrest was the result of "real wise thinking" on the part of Pakistan or simply because things had started "burning under their feet". Parrikar also rejected the concept of good and bad terrorism, insisting,"I can say when...
February 21, 2017 -
Let’s see if Saeed’s arrest result of wise thinking: Parrikar
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday said it has to be seen whether terror mastermind Hafiz Saeed's house arrest was the result of "real wise thinking" on the part of Pakistan or simply because things had started "burning under their feet". Parrikar also rejected the concept of good and bad terrorism, insisting,"I can say when...
February 21, 2017 -
Hafiz Saeed can pose serious threat to us: Pak Defence Minister
Pakistan has said Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed, who has been listed under an anti-terrorism law, can pose a "serious threat" to the nation, and was thus placed under house arrest in the country's "larger interest". The acknowledgement of the danger the Mumbai attacks mastermind poses came from Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif during an international...
February 21, 2017 -
India calls for ‘internationally effective action’ against Hafiz Saeed
A day after Pakistan listed Jamaat-ud Dawa (JuD) leader Hafiz Saeed under Anti-Terrorism Act, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs on Monday demanded ‘international effective action’ against the mastermind of Mumbai terror attacks. “Effective action mandated internationally against Hafiz Saeed and his terror outfit is a logical first step in bringing them to justice,” the MEA said....
February 20, 2017 -
India calls for ‘internationally effective action’ against Hafiz Saeed
A day after Pakistan listed Jamaat-ud Dawa (JuD) leader Hafiz Saeed under Anti-Terrorism Act, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs on Monday demanded ‘international effective action’ against the mastermind of Mumbai terror attacks. “Effective action mandated internationally against Hafiz Saeed and his terror outfit is a logical first step in bringing them to justice,” the MEA said....
February 20, 2017 -
Pakistan lists Hafiz Saeed under anti-terrorism act
Mumbai attack mastermind and JuD chief Hafiz Saeed has been listed under Pakistan's anti- terrorism act by the provincial Punjab government, a tacit acknowledgement of his links to militancy. Dawn News reported that the Punjab government has included names of Saeed and one of his close aides, Qazi Kashif, in the fourth schedule of the...
February 18, 2017 -
Hafiz Saeed asks Pak to remove his name from ECL
Jamaat-ud Dawah chief Hafiz Saeed has asked the Pakistan Government to immediately remove his name from a list that bars him from leaving the country, claiming he was neither a security risk nor his outfit ever engaged in terrorist activities. In a letter to Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, the mastermind of 2008 Mumbai...
February 16, 2017 -
‘Pak must act against Hafiz Saeed for its own credibility’
Pakistan will have to take strong action against Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JUD) chief Hafiz Saeed and ensure that terror outfits operating in the country are dismantled to protect its own credibility, the Congress said on Thursday. "Dossiers have been given to Pakistan. If they were sincere, they would have taken action against Hafiz Saeed. Pakistan must realise...
February 2, 2017 -
‘Will take necessary action under UN rules against JuD chief’
As Pakistan has put Mumbai attacks mastermind and Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) Chief Hafiz Saeed under detention, Foreign Office spokesperson Nafees Zakaria says Islamabad "is taking all necessary actions" as per the UN sanctions slapped on the LeT chief, but maintained that India had provided "no material evidence" so far to prosecute those arrested in the 26/11...
January 31, 2017 -
Saeed’s detention: Only a credible crackdown will prove Pak’s sincerity, says MEA
Reacting to Jammat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Saeed’s house arrest, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Tuesday said such exercises have been carried out by Pakistan earlier as well and only a credible crackdown on terror outfits will prove its sincerity to fight terrorism. “Detention of Hafiz Saeed, others has been done by Pakistan in the...
January 31, 2017 -
Hafiz Saeed put under house arrest in Lahore
Jammat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind of Mumbai terror attack, was tonightplaced under house arrest in Lahore, his outfit said. Punjab government's Home Department has issued detention order of Saeed and Lahore Police have reached JuD headquarters in Chauburji to implement the order, it said. He "is at Masjid-e-Qadsia Chauburji and a heavy contingent of police...
January 31, 2017