Trump Effect? Pakistan Puts Lashkar Chief Hafiz Saeed Under House Arrest

Source:NDTV

LAHORE:  Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed has been detained and put under house arrest for six months by Pakistani authorities. There are speculations that the action came after the US threatened sanctions against Pakistan, unless action was taken against Jaamat ud Dawa, which is also headed by Hafiz Saeed.

He is currently in detention at the Jamia-al-Qadsia in Lahore’s Chauburji area from where he will be shifted to his house in Faisal Town.

The threat of sanctions came days after the Donald Trump administration took over, reported Pakistan daily The News International. The JuD was declared a terrorist organisation by the US in 2014.

 

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