Hafiz Saeed Files Petition in UN to Remove His Name From List of Terrorists
Nov 28: Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed has approached the United Nations asking the world body to drop the terrorist tag from his name. Hafiz Saeed, who was released from house arrest recently, filed the petition through a Lahore-based law firm that represents him, Mirza and Mirza. The petition was filed when he was under house arrest.
Navid Rasul Mirza, who has served as the Prosecutor General for Pakistan in the National Accountability Bureau and as the Advocate General of Punjab from March 2015 to January 2016, confirmed that his firm had filed for Hafiz Saeed’s de-listing, a Hindustan Times report said. Saeed was designated a terrorist by the UN under UNSCR 1267 (UN Security Council Resolution) in December 2008 following the 26/11 Mumbai attacks in 2008, which claimed 166 lives.
According to the report, the petition says: “I have been engaged by Hafiz Muhammad Saeed (“the petitioner”), to submit on his behalf this de-listing request for the removal of his name from the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida sanctions list being maintained by the United Nations Security Council’s ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee, pursuant to the United Nations Security Council Resolution.(Agencies)
