Tag: Hafiz Saeed

NEW DELHI: Eleven years after Indian death-row convict Sarabjit Singh was killed in a Pakistan jail, his arrested murderer - ISI henchman and Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed's close associate Amir Sarfaraz - was fatally shot on Sunday by motorbike-borne gunmen in Lahore's Islampura locality. Pakistani authorities are investigating the ...

NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Home Affairs on Thursday declared Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative Mohammad Qasim Gujjar a terrorist under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.Mohammad Qasim, who works for Hafiz Saeed's outfit, is currently in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) and was "involved in creating new terror modules by recruitment" ...

Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed, who is wanted in India for the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, is in the custody of Pakistan, serving a 78-year prison sentence as a result of his conviction in seven terror financing cases, the United Nations has said.Saeed – who also heads the Jamaat-ud-Dawa, a ...

NEW YORK: The 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed is in the custody of Pakistan and serving a 78-year imprisonment sentence, the United Nations said in updated information.As a result of his conviction in seven terror financing cases, Saeed has been serving his sentence since February 12, 2020.The ...

With announcement of new notification, Census to be delayed till at least October 2024The deadline to freeze the administrative boundaries of districts, tehsils, towns, and municipal bodies, among others, has been extended till June 30, 2024, a senior government official told The Hindu. This means that the decennial Census ...

Lashker-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed at a court complex in Lahore, Pakistan. FILE | Photo Credit: PTI India has asked Pakistan to extradite Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed, the 2008 Mumbai terror attack mastermind and a United Nations-proscribed terrorist, who is wanted by Indian probe agencies in a number of terror ...

ISLAMABAD —  Pakistan confirmed Friday that India officially demanded the extradition of Hafiz Saeed, a hardline Pakistani cleric suspected of involvement in terrorist attacks on Indian soil. Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch effectively rejected India's demand, stating that the two countries have no bilateral treaty to address ...

NEW DELHI: With UN-designated terrorist Hafiz Saeed’s son Talha Saeed contesting elections in Pakistan, the government slammed Islamabad for mainstreaming and normalisation of extremist elements, saying it would have implications for the region’s security. The government also officially confirmed that it recently sought Mumbai attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed’s extradition ...

New Delhi has asked the Pakistan government to extradite Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed, who is wanted in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks among other cases, to face trial in India, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said at a press briefing on Friday.The attacks killed 166 people, including ...

NEW DELHI: The Indian government recently again asked Pakistan in a formal communication to extradite Lashkar-e-Taiba chief and Mumbai attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed to India.India doesn’t have an extradition treaty with Pakistan and Islamabad has done little to bring Saeed to justice. However, India has in the past too ...