It added that it will challenge the detention of Saeed and four other JuD leaders in the Lahore high court. Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party and the Jamaat-e-Islami were among parties that condemned Saeed’s detention, saying the PML-N government had given in to pressure from the US and western powers. Senior PTI leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi said Saeed’s house arrest was unwarranted because “he did not pose a threat to anyone in Pakistan”. Shortly before he was detained, Saeed told his supporters the order for his arrest was issued from “Delhi and Washington”. However, chief military spokesman Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor said Saeed’s house arrest was the result of a “policy decision” taken in the national interest, suggesting a convergence between civilian and military authorities on the issue.

Source: Hindustan Times February 01, 2017 13:07 UTC