26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed to walk free from house arrest

TIL Desk/World/Islamabad/ Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Saeed will soon walk free after a Pakistani judicial body on Wednesday ordered his release from house arrest, in a setback to India’s efforts to bring to justice the perpetrators of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack.

The banned head, who carries a bounty of $10 million announced by the United States for his role in terror activities, has been under detention since January this year.

Rejecting the government’s plea to extend his detention for another three months, the Judicial Review Board of Punjab province comprising judges of the Lahore high court unanimously ordered Saeed’s release on the completion of his 30-day house arrest which will expire on Thursday.

“The government is ordered to release JuD chief Hafiz Saeed if he is not wanted in any other case,” said the board which was headed by Justice Abdul Sami Khan. Saeed’s counsel Advocate A K Dogar told that his client will walk free on Thursday.