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Pak launches crackdown against Hafiz Saeed ahead of Imran’s US visit

Pak launches crackdown against Hafiz Saeed ahead of Imran's US visit

TIL Desk/World/Islamabad/ Pakistan’s counter terrorism department on Wednesday said it has registered 23 cases relating to terror financing and facilitation against Mumbai terror attack mastermind and Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed, days ahead of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to the US.

The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) said that Saeed and other members of JuD and people associated with other banned trusts operating as charities have been booked in cases of terror financing. The people named in the cases include Hafiz Saeed, his brother-in-law Abdul Rehman Makki, Ameer Hamza and Muhammad Yahya Aziz.

The move comes ahead of Imran Khan’s upcoming 5-day visit to the United States from July 20 during which he is to hold talks with President Donald Trump. In a statement on Wednesday, the CTD spokesperson said that cases have been registered against Saeed and others in Lahore, Gujranwala and Multan for collecting funds for terrorism through assets/properties held as trusts and non-profit organisations, including Al Anfaal Trust, Dawa’at-ul-Irshad trust and Muaz Bin Jabal Trust, Pakistani media reported.

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