A Pakistani anti-terrorism court has sentenced chief of Jamat-ud-Dawa and the banned Islamic terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba Hafiz Saeed to 10-year imprisonment in two more terror cases.
Hafiz Saeed was the terror mastermind behind the 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attack that led to the death of 166 civilians and security personnel.
An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan sentences Jamat-ud-Dawa head Hafiz Saeed to 10-year imprisonment in an illegal funding case: Pakistan media
— ANI (@ANI) November 19, 2020
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The court verdict comes just days before the 12th anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack. As per reports, Saeed is being held in the Lahore’s high-security Kot Lakhpat jail after he was sentenced to 11 years in jail by an anti-terrorism court in February 2020 in two terror financing cases.
Hafiz Saeed is an UN-designated terrorist and the United Stated has even placed on $10 million bounty on him and the US Treasury Department had designated Saeed as a “Specially Designated Global Terrorist”.
Pakistan has been on the FATF grey list for a long time and it is possible that the conviction of Saeed could reduce some of the pressure of Pakistan. However, many experts believe without the army approval such decisions are simply not possible.