JuD chief Hafiz Saeed placed under house arrest in Pakistan

TIL Desk/World/Lahore-Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed has been put under house arrest along with four others including Abdullah Ubaid, Zafar Iqbal, Abdur Rehman Abid and Qazi Kashif Niaz. According to reports, Ministry of Interior, a couple of days ago, had included names of aforementioned masses in the Watch List as per UNSC 1267 Sanctions.

A notification by the ministry said that the Ministry of Interior has “placed Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation (FIF) and Jamaat-Ud-Dawa (JUD) on the Watch List and have listed these organizations in the Second Schedule of the ATA 1997 (as amended).” Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, Abdullah Ubaid, Zafar Iqbal, Abdur Rehman Abid and Qazi Kashif Niaz are reportedly active members of the aforementioned organizations within the meaning of Section 11EEE(1) of the ATA 1997 (as amended). As such, they must be placed under preventive detention.”

The notification also asks the Home Secretary to “kindly direct the concerned agencies to move and take necessary action” as the matter “is most urgent”. Saeed has been put under house arrest at the Qadisiyyah Mosque near Chouburji, Lahore. He is wanted by India and the United States for his alleged role in masterminding the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai that claimed 166 lives.