A US state department spokesperson upon release of JuD Chief Hafiz Saeed said: “The US is aware of media reports regarding Pakistan’s ordered release of Lashkar-e-Tayyiba leader Hafiz Saeed from house arrest.”
The spokesperson reiterated that the LeT is a “designated Foreign Terrorist Organisation responsible for the death of hundreds of innocent civilians in terrorist attacks, including a number of American citizens.”
“In May 2008, the US department of the treasury designated Saeed as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist under Executive Order 13224. Saeed was also individually designated by the UN under UNSCR 1267 in December 2008 following the November 2008 Mumbai attack,” the spokesperson added.
The spokesperson said the LeT and several of its front organisations, leaders and operatives “remain under both state department and treasury department sanctions.”