JuD’s Hafiz Saeed gets 10-year jail term

LAHORE; An anti-terrorism court on Thursday sentenced Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) head Hafiz Saeed to 10 years and six months of imprisonment in an illegal funding case.

The Lahore-based court also slapped the leader of the banned militant group with a hefty amount of Rs110,000 besides ordering confiscation of his properties.

Last week, the ATC had sentenced three other JuD leaders to imprisonment, including Zafar Iqbal, Yahya Muhajid, and Hafiz Abdul Rehman Makki for illegal funding.

Malik Zafar Iqbal and Yahya Mujahid were ordered to spend 16 years in prison, while Makki was awarded a six-month imprisonment sentence.

Earlier this year, ATC’s Justice Arshad Hussain Bhutta had announced a collective punishment of 11 years and imposed a fine of Rs 15,000 on the JuD chief for being part of a banned terrorist outfit and for having illegal property.