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JuD has links with al-Qaeda, says Pak govt
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Lahore, May 30 (PTI) For the first time, Pakistan
government Saturday admitted that the Jamaat-ud-Dawah, blamed
for the 26/11 attacks, has "prima facie" links with al-Qaeda,
as it justified the detention of JuD chief Hafiz Saeed and
another top leader after the terror strikes on Mumbai.
Submitting his arguments on Saeed -- also the founder of
Lashkar-e-Toiba -- and Col (retd) Nazir Ahmed's petition
against their detention, Attorney General Latif Khosa told the
Lahore High Court that the government had received "evidence"
that showed the JuD "prima facie has links with al-Qaeda."
Khosa said the government had "classified information"
that would justify the detention of the JuD leaders.
On his request, the three-member bench, headed by Justice
Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry, had a closed-door meeting with him where
he apprised them of the classified information in this regard.
The court adjourned the hearing till Monday.
A K Dogar, counsel for Saeed and Nazir, protested against
the in-camera briefing, saying that it was the right of his
clients to know about the grounds of their detention. He said
if the government had any "legal justification", it must be
provided to them as well.
Responding to Dogar's statement, Khosa said the judicial
review board had extended the detention period of the JuD
leaders and also provided legal grounds in this respect.
Saeed and his closen aide Nazir were placed under house
arrest on December 12 last year under the Maintenance of
Public Order ordinance.
The review board of the LHC has set free two other
leaders of the JuD -- Amir Hamza and Mufti Abdur Rehman -- but
extended the detention period of Saeed and Nazir for two
months (May 9 to July 8) on the same grounds.
The United Nations Security Council had imposed a ban the
JuD, the front organisation of Lasker-e-Toiba, after it was
blamed for Mumbai attacks of November 26 last year.
Acting upon the UN's recommendations, the Pakistan
government closed down the JuD's offices. Five activists and
leaders of LeT, have already been arrested and a case against
them which is in process at the Anti-Terrorism Court in
Rawalpindi. PTI
Lahore, May 30 (PTI) For the first time, Pakistan
government Saturday admitted that the Jamaat-ud-Dawah, blamed
for the 26/11 attacks, has "prima facie" links with al-Qaeda,
as it justified the detention of JuD chief Hafiz Saeed and
another top leader after the terror strikes on Mumbai.
Submitting his arguments on Saeed -- also the founder of
Lashkar-e-Toiba -- and Col (retd) Nazir Ahmed's petition
against their detention, Attorney General Latif Khosa told the
Lahore High Court that the government had received "evidence"
that showed the JuD "prima facie has links with al-Qaeda."
Khosa said the government had "classified information"
that would justify the detention of the JuD leaders.
On his request, the three-member bench, headed by Justice
Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry, had a closed-door meeting with him where
he apprised them of the classified information in this regard.
The court adjourned the hearing till Monday.
A K Dogar, counsel for Saeed and Nazir, protested against
the in-camera briefing, saying that it was the right of his
clients to know about the grounds of their detention. He said
if the government had any "legal justification", it must be
provided to them as well.
Responding to Dogar's statement, Khosa said the judicial
review board had extended the detention period of the JuD
leaders and also provided legal grounds in this respect.
Saeed and his closen aide Nazir were placed under house
arrest on December 12 last year under the Maintenance of
Public Order ordinance.
The review board of the LHC has set free two other
leaders of the JuD -- Amir Hamza and Mufti Abdur Rehman -- but
extended the detention period of Saeed and Nazir for two
months (May 9 to July 8) on the same grounds.
The United Nations Security Council had imposed a ban the
JuD, the front organisation of Lasker-e-Toiba, after it was
blamed for Mumbai attacks of November 26 last year.
Acting upon the UN's recommendations, the Pakistan
government closed down the JuD's offices. Five activists and
leaders of LeT, have already been arrested and a case against
them which is in process at the Anti-Terrorism Court in
Rawalpindi. PTI
