LAHORE: Justice Aminuddin Khan of the Lahore High Court on Wednesdayrestrained the federal government from taking any illegal action againstJamaatud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed who had moved a petitionagainst his likely arrest allegedly at the behest of United States andIndia.
Judge also sought reply from the government till March 7.
Petitioner counsel A K Dogar submitted that a delegation of United Nationswould arrive in Pakistan on January 26 and the government of Pakistanintends to take adverse action against him.
He said that Hafiz Saeed was founder chairman of JuD and Falah-i-InsaniatFoundation (FIF) and has established 142 schools, three universities andfor the last many years was working on public welfare projects.
He submitted that the Punjab government earlier had recently detained thepetitioner for 90 days, however, a review board comprising judges of thehigh court ordered his release as the government failed to justify hisdetention before the board.
He said that all the actions taken by the government against Hafiz Saeedhad been on the pressure of US and Indian lobby who for the last many yearshave been harboring an unfounded assumption that the petitioner, one way orthe other was involved in Mumbai attacks.