JuD leader Hafiz Saeed sentenced to over 15 years in prison by way of Pak court docket in terror financing case
A Pakistani court docket on Thursday sentenced Mumbai terror assault mastermind and banned Jamat-ud-Dawa (JuD) leader Hafiz Saeed to 15 and a part years in prison in one of the crucial a number of terror financing circumstances agianst him.
The Anti-Terrorism Court docket (ATC) of Lahore additionally imposed a nice of two lakh Pakistani rupees on Hafiz Saeed.
Hafiz Saeed, an UN-designated terrorist on whom america has positioned a USD 10 million bounty, was once arrested on July 17 closing 12 months within the terror financing circumstances.
He was once sentenced to 11 years in prison by way of an anti-terrorism court docket in February this 12 months in two terror financing circumstances.
In November, Saeed was once sentenced to any other 10 years in prison by way of an anti-terrorism court docket in two extra terror financing circumstances. The punishments are to be served due to this fact, this is one at a time, compounding Saeed’s prison time to 36 and a part years.
“On Thursday an Anti-Terrorism Court docket (ATC) of Lahore sentenced 5 leaders of Jamat-ud-Dawa, together with its leader Hafiz Saeed, in any other terror financing case…for 15 and a part years,” a court docket reputable informed PTI.
Hafiz Saeed will serve his time on the Kot Lakhpat Prison in Lahore. There are studies that he’s given “VIP protocol” in prison.
The opposite 4 JuD leaders convicted by way of the court docket on Thursday are Hafiz Abdus Salam, Zafar Iqbal, JuD spokesperson Yahya Mujahid and Muhammad Ashraf.
Every convicted individual has additionally been fined a PKR 200,000.
The ATC additionally passed down six-month imprisonment to Saeed’s brother-in-law Abdul Rehman Makki on this case and imposed a nice of PKR 200,000 on him, the reputable stated.
A complete of 41 circumstances had been registered by way of the CTD towards the JuD leaders, out of which 28 had been made up our minds whilst the remainder are pending within the ATC courts. 5 circumstances had been made up our minds towards Saeed thus far.
Hafiz Saeed-led JuD is the entrance organisation for the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) which is chargeable for sporting out the 2008 Mumbai assault that killed 166 other folks, together with six American citizens.
The United States Division of the Treasury has designated Hafiz Saeed as a Specifically Designated International Terrorist. He was once indexed below the UN Safety Council Answer 1267 in December 2008.
The worldwide terror financing watchdog Monetary Motion Activity Drive (FATF) is instrumental in pushing Pakistan to take measures towards terrorists roaming freely in Pakistan and the usage of its territory to hold out assaults in India.
The FATF had positioned Pakistan at the gray record in June 2018 and requested Islamabad to enforce a course of action to curb cash laundering and terror financing by way of the tip of 2019 however the time limit was once prolonged afterward because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
With Pakistan’s continuation within the ‘gray record’, the rustic would possibly to find it tricky to get monetary help from the World Financial Fund (IMF), the International Financial institution, the Asian Building Financial institution (ADB) and the Eu Union, thus additional improving issues for the cash-strapped country.
(With inputs from PTI)
