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Hafiz Saeed’s judicial remand extended for another 14 days

Saeed was arrested and sent to Lahore's high-security Kot Lakhpat jail for seven days last Wednesday.

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Mumbai terror attack mastermind and banned Jamaat-ud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed, arrested last week, was sent to judicial remand for another 14 days. Saeed was arrested last 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. He was sent to judicial remand for seven days which expired on Wednesday. 

A UN-designated terrorist whom the US has placed a USD 10 million bounty on, Saeed was travelling to Gujranwala from Lahore to get pre-arrest bail in terror financing cases registered against him there when he was arrested.

Saeed was sent to Lahore's high-security Kot Lakhpat jail where former prime minister Nawaz Sharif is serving seven years imprisonment in a corruption case.

Saeed-led JuD is believed to be the front organisation for the LeT which is responsible for carrying out the 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people. He was listed under UN Security Council Resolution 1267 in December 2008.

The US Department of the Treasury has designated Saeed as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist, and the US, since 2012, has offered a USD 10 million reward for information that brings Saeed to justice.

Under pressure from the international community, Pakistani authorities have launched investigations into matters of the LeT, the JuD and its charity wing the Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation (FIF) regarding their holding and use of trusts to raise funds for terrorism financing.

Meanwhile, Khan who was on a three-day visit to the US, dodged a question on 26/11 mastermind and UN-proscribed terrorist Hafiz Saeed during an event in Washington on Tuesday.

"US has been asking Pakistan to do more in the context of terrorism. They particularly were asking Pakistan to do more in the context of Jaish-e-Mohammed and after the arrest of Hafiz Saeed -- is this it? Will he stay in custody this time or will he be allowed to go off again?" asked Nancy Lindborg, the President of US Institute of Peace, to Khan.

In response, the Pak Prime Minister said, "First we want an independent justice system and you want me to predict what the justice system would do." 

"I repeat one thing again. It is in the interest of Pakistan that we don't allow any armed militias in our country. We have suffered. The country has suffered sectarian attacks. We have had the worst situation, it has affected our investment. It has destabilised us," he added.

The US had last Friday expressed doubts over Pakistan's intentions in arresting Saeed, saying his previous arrests made no difference either to his activities or that of his outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba.

"We've seen this happen in the past. And we have been looking for sustained and concrete steps, not just window dressing," a senior administration official told reporters Friday, ahead of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's visit to the US next week.

(With inputs from PTI, ANI)

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