Lahore: The government of Pakistan’s Punjab province on Friday filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the Lahore High Court’s order releasing militant leader Hafiz Saeed, whom India accuses of organising the terrorist attacks on Mumbai last year.
The petition before the Supreme Court said Saeed needed to be detained for his own "protection".
Saeed, chief of the banned Islamic charity group Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), was released on June 2 after the High Court ruled that authorities had not presented strong evidence against him.
"The Attorney General contended that the petitioners are being blamed to be involved in Mumbai attacks; we have observed that not a single document has been brought on record that the petitioners are involved in it," the High Court ruled while releasing Saeed.
It also set free Saeed’s aide, Col. (retired) Nazir Mohammad. Saeed’s release triggered an angry response from India, which accused Pakistan of not being serious about fighting terror.
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