The brother-in-law of Mumbai terror attack mastermind and proscribed Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed has been arrested for hate speech and criticising the Pakistan government, police said on Wednesday. Makki has been arrested under the Maintenance of Public Order Act, Punjab Police said. The Imran Khan-led government has also announced the freezing of accounts and seizure of assets linked to organisations banned by the UN Security Council. The government banned 11 organisations for having links with the proscribed outifts JuD), FIF and JeM on Saturday. The FIF, like the JuD, was also banned in March by the Pakistan government.

Source: Hindustan Times May 15, 2019 08:03 UTC