Jamaat Ud Dawa

I move about like an ordinary person in Pak: Saeed

2008 Mumbai terror attacks mastermind and Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed says he roams freely as his fate is in the hands of god and not America, in an interview to the New York Times. Saeed one of India's most wanted terrorists and a key accused in the 26/11 attacks has claimed that he is free to move around Pakistan as an ordinary person. ...

09:14 AM, Feb 08, 2013

Pak court adjourns hearing of Saeed's plea

by Press Trust of India

Lahore: A Pakistani court has adjourned till December 31 the hearing of Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed's petition seeking help from the government to defend himself in a US lawsuit filed by relatives of victims of the Mumbai attacks. The Lahore High Court on Wednesday adjourned the matter as the amicus curiae (friend of the court), lawyer Ahmar Bilal Soofi, was out of Pakistan and could not attend the hearing. At...

12:04 PM, Dec 06, 2012

JuD derails plan to rename Lahore chowk after Bhagat Singh

by Press Trust of India

Lahore: Giving in to the pressure from hardline groups like the Jamaat-ud-Dawah and a section of local residents, a move to rename a roundabout here in Pakistan after freedom fighter Bhagat Singh has been put on hold. The City District Government of Lahore had announced last month that Shadman Chowk would be renamed Bhagat Singh Chowk to acknowledge his revolutionary spirit and his role in the movement against the erstwhile...

11:14 AM, Nov 01, 2012

JuD beefs up security at Hafiz Saeed's house

by Press Trust of India

Lahore: The Jamaat-ud-Dawah beefed up security at the residence of its chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed in the Pakistani city of Lahore after the US announced a 10-million dollar bounty for the man accused of masterminding the 2008 Mumbai attacks. Besides nine policemen from Punjab Police deployed at Saeed's two-storey home at E Block of Jouhar Town, the JuD posted more armed volunteers to ensure foolproof security. JuD leaders said they...

08:02 PM, Apr 03, 2012