TIL Desk/World/Islamabad/ Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed has said he will challenge the government’s “illegal” action in the court of law after Pakistan launched a crackdown on seminaries and health facilities run by him.
Under pressure to act against banned groups, Pakistan took control of a seminary and four dispensaries run by Saeed-linked Jamaat-ud-Dawa and Falah-i-Insaniat Foundation.”After detaining me for 10 months without any legal ground, the government has now issued a notification regarding taking over our schools, dispensaries, ambulances and other assets.
It will hamper our relief operations in Punjab, Balochistan, Sindh, Azad Kashmir and northern areas,” Saeed said after the government’s action. According to the interior ministry notification, a copy of which is available, “the federal government is pleased to direct that requisite actions with regard to freezing and taking over of assets (movable, immovable and human resource) associated with JuD and FIF shall be taken in pursuance of Ordinance No II of 2018.” The notification issuance date is February 10.
Saeed said the Pakistani government is “taking extreme action against us” to please America and India. “We will fight our case in court against this illegal action,” said Saeed, who heads the charity JuD, believed to be a front for Lashkar-e-Tayiba terror group.
