A Lahore anti-terror court sentenced Hafiz Saeed to 10 years in prison in two terrorist financing cases.
According to sources, officials from the Counter-Terrorism Department are treating Hafiz Saeed like a VIP. Saeed is still wandering around in his truck escorted by his assistants, they said.
He was punished with a prison term of five and a half years and a fine of 15,000 rupees in each case. The sentences of both cases will be executed at the same time. The court also granted him the benefit of article 382-B of the Code of Criminal Procedure (reduction of the term of the prison sentence). Malik Zafar Iqbal, the Al-Anfaal Trust secretary, has also been convicted in the same cases and given similar punishment, Dawn reported.
They were convicted under Section 11-F (2) of the Anti-Terrorism Act, regarding membership, support, and meetings related to a proscribed organization, and 11-N (punishment under Sections 11-H to 11- K).
Section 11H refers to fundraising for terrorist purposes, 11-I refers to the use and possession of money or other property for terrorism, 11-J refers to financing arrangements that result in the money being available for terrorism, while 11-K refers to money laundering.
The court also ordered that Saeed’s property be confiscated.
The head of Jamaat-ud-Dawa was arrested on July 17, 2019 at the Kamoke toll plaza, about 50 km north of Lahore. The United States has awarded a $ 10 million reward to UN-designated terrorist Hafiz Saeed. The court has ordered the seizure of their properties.
The anti-terrorism department has registered 41 cases against JuD leaders.
In July, the 13 top members of the JuD, including Saeed, were registered in nearly two dozen cases for terrorist financing and money laundering under the Pakistan Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) of 1997.
Subsequently, Saeed was arrested in Gujranwala on terrorist financing charges by the Punjab Counterterrorism Department (CTD).
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