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26/11 Mumbai Attack Mastermind Hafiz Saeed To Be Freed From House Arrest In Pakistan

Last month, the board had allowed a 30-day extension to the detention of Saeed which will expire next week.

26/11 Mumbai Attack Mastermind Hafiz Saeed To Be Freed From House Arrest In Pakistan
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A Judicial Review Board of Pakistan바카라™s Punjab province on Wednesday ordered the release of 2008 Mumbai attack mastermind and banned Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed, who has been under house arrest since January.

Rejecting the government바카라™s plea to extend his detention for another three months, the board ordered Saeed바카라™s release.

바카라œThe government is ordered to release JuD chief Hafiz Saeed if he is not wanted in any other case,바카라 the board said.

Last month, the board had allowed a 30-day extension to the detention of Saeed which will expire next week. 

Saeed바카라™s JuD is believed to be the front organisation for the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) which is responsible for carrying out the 2008 Mumbai attack in which 166 people had been killed.

On January 31, Saeed and his four aides - Abdullah Ubaid, Malik Zafar Iqbal, Abdul Rehman Abid and Qazi Kashif Hussain - were detained by the Punjab government for 90 days under the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997 and the Fourth Schedule of Anti- Terrorism Act 1997.

Saeed바카라™s four aides were set free in the last week of October.

The US has offered a $10 million bounty for Saaed.

PTI

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