Lahore: Nearly three months after his house arrest, Lashkar-e-Toiba founder Hafiz Mohammad Saeed was produced before a court in Lahore on Monday for the first time in connection with the Mumbai attacks by Pakistani authorities which sought extension of his detention.
Amid tight security, 59-year-old Saeed, also the chief of Jamaat-ud-Dawah, and five other detained leaders of the banned terrorist group were produced before a judicial review board of the Lahore High Court, comprising three judges.
The court reserved its decision on the extension sought by the Pakistani authorities of their house arrest.
Saeed was placed under house arrest on December 12 last year and the five other JuD leaders – Haji Amir Hamza, Col (retired) Nazir Ahmed, Qazi Kashif Niaz, Mufti Abdul Rehman and Qari Yasin Baloch – were detained at around the same time.
They were all placed under house arrest under the Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance, which allows a person to be held for up to 90 days.
The Home Department of Punjab province sought an extension of their house arrest, which is set to expire on March 11.
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