Islamabad, August 27: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday issued notices to  Pakistan's Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) over a petition seeking to quash cases against Mumbai terror attack mastermind and Jammat-ud Dawah (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed. The court's notice comes after a petition was submitted in the court demanding the quashing of the FIRs registered against Saeed, a UN-proscribed terrorist and 65 others. Hafiz Saeed's JuD Carrying Out Terror Activities by Joining Hands with Fringe Groups.

The Lahore High Court registrar office raised objection over the pictures of mosques attached with the petition, filed by Saeed and 67 others, to establish that they had been constructed on places being portrayed for the use of alleged terrorist activities. Pakistan: Hafiz Saeed Held Guilty by Anti-Terrorism Court in Gujranwala, Case Shifted to Gujrat.

The petition was submitted by a JuD affiliate, Malik Zafar Iqbal. In his petition, Iqbal has contended that the complaints are “without lawful authority and are of no legal effect”,  reported Pakistan's leading daily The Dawn.

In July, the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) officials arrested Saeed in Gujranwala, Punjab. The terrorist was charged with gathering funds for banned outfits.

On July 3, top 13 leaders of the banned JuD, including Saeed and Naib Emir Abdul Rehman Makki, were booked in nearly two dozen cases of terror financing and money laundering under the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997.

The CTD, which registered the cases in five cities of Punjab in Pakistan, had stated that JuD was involved in terror funding collected through organisations including Al-Anfaal Trust, Dawatul Irshad Trust, and Muaz Bin Jabal Trust.The terrorist was reportedly on his way to an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Gujranwalato seek bail when he was arrested. (With Agency Inputs)

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