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Hafiz Saeed set to be freed after LHC turns down extension in detention order
[DAWN] A review board comprising judges of the Lahore High Court on Wednesday refused to extend the detention orders of Jamaat-ud-Dawa ...the front organization of Lashkar-e-Taiba...’s (JuD) chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed. His current house arrest is going to expire on Nov 24 (Friday). The review board under the chair of Justice Abdul Sami Khan passed these orders after a senior finance ministry official failed to convince the board that the release of Saeed would bring diplomatic and financial problems to the country. During the last hearing, the government while seeking extension in the detention orders had argued that Saeed could not be released because the move would result in financial sanctions and a halt in foreign funding to the country. In response, the board had directed the government to send an official from the finance ministry to explain how release of a single individual would affect the entire country. Posted by: Fred 2017-11-23 |
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