ISLAMABAD – JuD Chief Hafiz Saeed lands in hotter waters as he is beingindicted in terror financing case
An antiterrorism court (ATC) in Lahore on Saturday announced that it wouldindict on December 7 Hafiz Saeed, the chief of the proscribed Jamaatud Dawa(JuD), and other JuD leaders who were booked in July for offencespertaining to terror financing.
Saeed, along with deputy emir Hafiz Abdul Rehman Makki, Hafiz Abdul Salambin Mohammad, Professor Zafar Iqbal, Mohammad Ashraf, Mohammad Yahya Aziz,and others, was presented before the court today under strict securityprotocol.
According to Deputy Prosecutor General Abdul Rauf Watoo, the court wasprovided copies of the nearly two dozen cases registered against the JuDleaders during today’s hearing which was presided over by Judge MalikArshad Bhutta.
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“As per the law, after the provision of copies to the court, the trialbegins. The first step of a trial is indictment,” explained DPG Watoo.
The state’s counsel requested the court to hold daily hearings since thecopies had been provided. At this, the lawyers for the JuD leaders,Naseeruddin Nayyar and Mohammad Imran Gul, argued that they be given aweek’s time so that they can carefully examine the documents and preparetheir arguments.
