Saeed hearing adjourned by Lahore High Court

M Zulqernain
Lahore, Jun 1 (PTI) A Pakistani court Monday adjourned
till Tuesday the hearing of a petition challenging the
detention of Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed,
detained in the aftermath of the Mumbai terror attack.

The hearing was adjourned after the court heard
arguments presented by Saeed's counsel A K Dogar, who told a
three-member bench of the Lahore High Court that there were
"no legal grounds" for the the JuD chief's detention by
Pakistani authorities.

Dogar also rebutted arguments presented by Pakistan's
Attorney General Latif Khosa during the last hearing of the
case on May 30.

Referring to the government's contention that Saeed was
detained after the UN Security Council designated the JuD a
terrorist organisation, Dogar said Islamabad had not acted on
several UN resolutions on the Kashmir issue, which had been
put in cold storage.
He also claimed the UN acted on the dictates of the US.

During the last hearing, Attorney General Khosa had told
the court that the government had evidence that showed the
JuD's "prima facie links" with Al Qaida. This was the first
time that Pakistan admitted that JuD has links with Al Qaida.

However, Dogar told the court Monday that while Al Qaida
has been designated a terrorist group by the UN and several
countries, it was not banned under Pakistani laws. PTI MZ
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