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Pakistan’s interior ministry has told a judicial review board that Mumbai terror attack mastermind and Jamat-ud Dawah chief Hafiz Saeed and his four aides have been detained for spreading terrorism in the name of jihad. Saeed appeared before the board yesterday to appeal against his detention.
The board comprising Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan of the Supreme Court (head), Justice Ayesha A Malik of Lahore High Court and Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail of Balochistan High Court directed the ministry to submit a complete record regarding detention of Saeed and his aides on next hearing on May 15.
The Nawaz government had reportedly taken action against Saeed after the US clearly told Islamabad that in case of not taking action against Jamat-ud Dawah and Saeed it may face sanctions. Jamat-ud Dawah is said to be the front for the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba. The organisation has been declared as a foreign terrorist organisation by the US in June 2014.