Washington DC: US State Department strongly responds over Pakistan’s moveagainst JuD Chief Hafiz Saeed.
The United States on Wednesday welcomed the indictment of Hafiz MuhammadSaeed, founder of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and urged Pakistan toensure an expeditious trial in tandem with its obligations to counter themenace.
“We welcome the indictment of Hafiz Saeed and his associates. We call for#Pakistan to ensure a full prosecution and expeditious trial in line withits intl obligations to counter terrorist financing and bring theperpetrators of terrorist attacks like 26/11 to justice,” Alice G Wells, USActing Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia said in a tweet.
An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Pakistan on Wednesday indicted Saeed,chief of Jammat-ud-Dawa (JuD), a front group of the LeT and four otherleaders of the proscribed outfit on offences of terror financing.
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During the proceedings, Saeed`s counsel had presented arguments against theindictment in the court. After the charges were filed, the court summonedthe prosecution`s witnesses,
The Dawn reported. ATC Judge Malik Arshad Bhutta, who heard the case,adjourned the proceedings until Thursday.
