LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Saturday announced that it would indict Jamaatud Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed and other leaders of the banned outfit on December 7, on charges pertaining to terror financing. Saeed, JuD’s deputy chief Hafiz Abdul Rehman Makki, Hafiz Abdul Salam bin Mohammad, Professor Zafar Iqbal, Mohammad Ashraf, Mohammad Yahya Aziz and others were presented before the court under strict security. That’s why everyone should be given time.”On July 3, the top 13 leaders of the JuD were booked in nearly two dozen cases for terror financing and money laundering under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), 1997. Subsequently, on July 17, Saeed was arrested from Gujranwala on charges of terror financing by the Punjab CTD. He was sent to prison on judicial remand after the CTD presented him before a Gujranwala ATC.

Source: Pakistan Today November 30, 2019 13:52 UTC