Petiti­on has been filed on behalf of JuD chief by SC Advoca­te Navid Rasul MirzaKARACHI: Recently released Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed has filed a petition in the United Nations (UN) for the delisting of his name from the UN’s list of designated terrorists, learnt The Express Tribune. In December 2008, Saeed was put on the list of designated terrorists by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for his alleged role in the Mumbai 2008 attacks. “We were working on this petition since a long time and it was filed to the UN while Hafiz Saeed was still under house arrest,” Awan stated. In January, the government placed Saeed under house arrest for his activities to ‘harm peace and security’. However, India has failed to provide any concrete evidence to initiate legal proceedings against Saeed, even after repeated insistence from Pakistan.

Source: The Express Tribune November 28, 2017 12:26 UTC