Hafiz Saeed

Jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan's party-backed independent candidates seemed to be gaining the upper hand after the results of the general elections started trickling in on Friday following unusual delays that led to allegations of rigging. Votes are still being counted in Pakistan after Thursday's general election which was marred by allegations of rigging, sporadic violence and a countrywide mobile phone shutdown.

The 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed is in the custody of Pakistan and serving a 78-year imprisonment sentence, the United Nations said in updated information

India has asked Pakistan to extradite Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed, who is wanted in the country for various terror attacks, including the 2008 Mumbai terror strikes. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said the request along with certain documents seeking the terrorist's extradition was sent to Islamabad recently. A request for extradition was sent recently, Bagchi said at his weekly media briefing while replying to a question. Saeed is a terrorist proscribed by the United Nations.

Chief of Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency Mohsin Butt chose to remain silent when confronted with questions from the media here on Tuesday about fugitive terrorists Dawood Ibrahim and Hafiz Saeed - suspected to be safely cocooned in his country. Butt, who is in the national capital to attend the 90th General Assembly of Interpol, apparently avoided, till the last minute, entering the plenary hall at the Pragati Maidan, the event venue that was swarming with reporters looking for a statement from him on the whereabouts of the most-wanted terrorists. The officer, who is heading a two-member Pakistan delegation, preferred to stay in the dining hall, where lunch was organised, and entered the venue just before the arrival of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was announced. Once Prime Minister Modi's address was over, he was surrounded by reporters who wanted to know about the location of the 1993 Mumbai blast mastermind Dawood Ibrahim, designated as a global terrorist by the United .

Hafiz Talha Saeed, the son of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks mastermind and LeT founder Hafiz Saeed, has been declared a terrorist by the government.

Saeed may have to spend not many years in jail because his sentence will run concurrently, a lawyer told PTI.

At least three people were killed and 21 injured in the blast that took place at a police picket

Saeed is the mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack

The court found the JuD/LeT leaders guilty of offence of terrorism financing

A Delhi court issued an arrest warrant against Hafiz Saeed in a money laundering case related to terror funding in Jammu and Kashmir

An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has handed down more than 15 years jail term each to two close aides of Mumbai terror attack mastermind and banned Jamat-ud Dawah (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed

Saeed is currently lodged at the Lahore's high-security Kot Lakhpat jail

The JuD leaders were present in the court as Presiding Judge Ijaz Ahmad Buttar announced the sentence in two cases of 2019

The Counterterrorism Department of Punjab police had registered 23 FIRs against Saeed and his accomplices for terror financing in different cities of the province

Seeking to wriggle out of the FATF's grey list, Pakistan has imposed financial sanctions on 88 terror groups and their leaders, including Hafiz Saeed, Masood Azhar and Dawood Ibrahim

Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed's India-born counsel has passed away after a brief ailment in this Pakistani city. He was 86.

The FATF meeting in Paris from February 16 will decide whether or not Pakistan finally needs to be blacklisted for failing to act against terror

The statement of a top state department official came after Saeed, a UN designated terrorist whom the US has placed a $10 million bounty on, was sentenced to 11 years in two terror financing cases

LeT is the militant wing of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa Islamist charity led by Saeed.

The court sentenced Saeed to five and a half years and imposed a fine of Rs 15,000 in each case