The arrest was not unexpected: Pakistan has detained and released Saeed several times before, most recently in 2017, when he served 10 months under house arrest. India and the U.S. have long accused the Pakistani security establishment of protecting the militant leader, who maintains a large following in his home city of Lahore. “So Khan needs to be able to have a bare minimum set of actions to point to in his upcoming meetings with Trump. Critics of the Pakistani security establishment said Trump had been fooled into believing that Saeed’s arrest was a major accomplishment. His virulent opposition to India, Pakistan’s blood rival, has made Saeed a folk hero to tens of thousands of followers.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 17, 2019 19:38 UTC