ISLAMABAD: Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) here on Thursday issued **tices to the Ministry of Interior seeking comments over a petition by
‘Ameer’ Jamat-ud-Dawa (JUD) Hafiz Muhammad Saeed seeking removal of his name from schedule II of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA).
IHC bench also sought comments over Hafiz Saeed’s application seeking stay order and put off with date in ******. The Schedule II of ATA is about government’s power to keep any organisation under observation if suspected. Hafiz Saeed in the petition said that he has ** connection with the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), and from 2001 he is the Ameer of JUD that is a social welfare organisation. Despite this fact he has been kept continuously under observation under Schedule II.
The petitioner has **minated the Government of Pakistan through secretary Ministry of Interior, the Punjab government through home secretary, the home secretary Sindh, the chairman National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA), the secretary foreign affairs, the chief commissioner Islamabad and the state as respondents.
01-20-2017, 06:44 PM
IHC seeks ministry?s comments on Hafiz Saeed?s petition
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