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Pakistan plans to seize 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed's assets, charities

The United States has labelled Hafeez Saeed's JuD and FIF as 'terrorist fronts' for Lashkar-e-Taiba

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Large number of people carrying the body of CRPF constable Sharif ud Din Ganaie during his funeral procession in Srinagar. Photo: PTI

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Pakistan's government plans to seize control of charities and financial assets linked to Islamist leader Hafiz Saeed, who Washington has designated a terrorist, according to officials and documents reviewed by Reuters.

Pakistan's civilian government detailed its plans in a secret order to various provincial and federal government departments on Dec. 19, three officials who attended one of several high-level meeting discussing the crackdown told Reuters.

Marked "secret", a Dec. 19 document from the finance ministry directed law enforcement and governments in Pakistan's five provinces to submit an action plan by Dec. 28 for a "takeover" of Saeed's two charities, Jamaat-ud-Dawa

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