Pakistan province takes further action against Hafiz Saeed, puts Anti-Terrorism Act restraints on him
NEW DELHI: Pakistani terrorist Hafiz Saeed has finally been named under the country's Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) which puts major restrictions on all his movements+ , Dawn reported.
On Islamabad's orders, Mumbai attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed, has been put on the ATA's fourth schedule by Pakistan's Punjab province, Dawn said, quoting a senior police official.
The fourth schedule, according to Dawn, is a section of the ATA under which a person suspected of terrorism is kept under observation. As per the schedule's norms, it also becomes mandatory for that person to register his attendance with the local police regularly.
The federal interior ministry, which ordered the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) to add Saeed's name to the ATA's fourth schedule, has directed it to "move and take necessary action" against him and four others, the senior police official told Dawn.
"The Anti-Terrorism Act 1997 empowers the government to mark a person as "proscribed", and to place that person on the fourth schedule on an ex-parte basis," Dawn wrote. The five men were identified by the interior ministry as "active members of the Jamaat-ud- Dawa (JuD) and Falah-i-Insaniyat".
Saeed was placed under house arrest on January 30, and surprisingly, the move was supported by Pakistan's all-powerful army. He has also been put on Pakistan's Exit Control List, which means he can't leave the country.
The US has clearly told Islamabad that if it doesn't take action against the JuD and Saeed, it may face sanctions.
In 2012, the US announced a bounty of $10 million on Saeed for his alleged role in the Mumbai attack in which six American citizens were also killed.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/pakistan-province-takes-further-action-against-hafiz-saeed-puts-anti-terrorism-act-restraints-on-him/articleshow/57217742.cms
On Islamabad's orders, Mumbai attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed, has been put on the ATA's fourth schedule by Pakistan's Punjab province, Dawn said, quoting a senior police official.
The fourth schedule, according to Dawn, is a section of the ATA under which a person suspected of terrorism is kept under observation. As per the schedule's norms, it also becomes mandatory for that person to register his attendance with the local police regularly.
The federal interior ministry, which ordered the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) to add Saeed's name to the ATA's fourth schedule, has directed it to "move and take necessary action" against him and four others, the senior police official told Dawn.
"The Anti-Terrorism Act 1997 empowers the government to mark a person as "proscribed", and to place that person on the fourth schedule on an ex-parte basis," Dawn wrote. The five men were identified by the interior ministry as "active members of the Jamaat-ud- Dawa (JuD) and Falah-i-Insaniyat".
Saeed was placed under house arrest on January 30, and surprisingly, the move was supported by Pakistan's all-powerful army. He has also been put on Pakistan's Exit Control List, which means he can't leave the country.
The US has clearly told Islamabad that if it doesn't take action against the JuD and Saeed, it may face sanctions.
In 2012, the US announced a bounty of $10 million on Saeed for his alleged role in the Mumbai attack in which six American citizens were also killed.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/pakistan-province-takes-further-action-against-hafiz-saeed-puts-anti-terrorism-act-restraints-on-him/articleshow/57217742.cms
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