Several dailies have hailed the 11-year sentence handed out to the 2008 Mumbai attack mastermind and JuD chief in two terror financing cases by the Anti-Terrorism Court in Lahore on Wednesday
The court official also said that Seed was also indicted in another case of terror financing
Pakistan's counter-terrorism department said it had launched 23 cases against Saeed and 12 aides for using five trusts to collect funds and donations for Lashkar-e-Taiba
Pakistani court orders the election commission to hear his party's case for registration ahead of this year's election
Saeed, who was released from house arrest in Pakistan in November, carries a $10 million bounty on his head
The JuD is believed to be the front organisation for the LeT
The probe agency said the 12,794-page charge sheet has been filed against 12 persons including Hafiz Saeed
Earlier, Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi had said that there is no case registered against Hafiz Saeed
Action against JuD, FIF not taken under US pressure but serious deliberations: Pak
The JuD, a front for the Lashkar-e-Taiba, formed Milli Muslim League at the time when Saeed was detained in Lahore
Pakistan Interior Ministry raised objections over its links with the terrorist groups