Says any intell­igence on Saeed will be shared with Pakist­an hoping that it will “do the right thing”Washington has expressed concern over Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) Chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed running for office in the upcoming general election. Saeed was also individually designated by the United Nations (UN) under UNSC R1267 in December 2008 following the Mumbai attacks. The LeT and several of its front organisations, leaders, and operatives remain under both the State Department and the Treasury Department sanctions. “I can tell you that his organisation – his organisation that was responsible for those attacks – is considered a foreign terror organisation. It’s considered a foreign terror organisation by the US government for a reason and for a good reason,” said Nauert.

Source: The Express Tribune December 20, 2017 08:35 UTC