ISLAMABAD – Hafiz Mohammad Saeed led Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) andFalah-i-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF) get a good news from the government.
They are no more on the list of banned outfits as the presidentialordinance that proscribed them under a UN resolution lapsed.
The counsel of Hafiz Saeed informed the Islamabad High Court on Thursdaythat the presidential ordinance banning the organizations had lapsed andthe incumbent government did not extend the ordinance or table it inparliament to convert it into an act.
Hafiz Saeed contended in the petition that he established JuD in 2002 andcut off all ties with the banned Lashkar-i-Taiba, but India continued tomalign JuD for its past association with the banned outfit.
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The petitioner said he was kept in detention in 2009 and 2017 due toIndia’s pressure. He added that the UN Security Council had passed aresolution against JuD after which the government of Pakistan put it on thewatch list.
The JuD chief termed it against the sovereignty of Pakistan that anordinance was issued to ban his organisation.
