Pakistan arrests Hafiz for Mumbai blasts |
As Pakistan`s Prime Minister, Imran Khan gears up for his maiden visit to the US later this week, Pakistan`s Counter Terrorism Department has arrested Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder and 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks mastermind Hafiz Muhammad Saeed on wednesday in a terror financing case. Hafiz Saeed was intercepted and arrested in the morning by officials of Pakistan Punjab`s Counter Terrorism Department at a toll plaza, around 50km from Lahore. He was presented before an anti-terrorism court in Gujranwala that sent him on judicial remand for seven days. Pakistan has been facing increasing international pressure to crack down on terror groups operating on its soil since 2017, when it was placed on a watch list by the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a 39-member international watchdog that monitors curbs on terror financing and money laundering. US president Donald Trump welcomed the arrest in a tweet put out in the evening. “After a ten-year search, the so-called “mastermind” of the Mumbai terror attacks has been arrested in Pakistan. Great pressure has been exerted over the last two years to find him!” Pakistan has arrested Saeed several times in the past but courts have dismissed cases against him citing lack of evidence.
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