Hafiz Talha Saeed has been declared a Designated Terrorist
Hafiz Mohammad Saeed’s son Hafiz Talha Saeed has been declared an unlawful activity (prevention) terrorist under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
The MHA has issued a notification stating that Hafiz Talha Saeed is a senior leader of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the head of their cleric wing.
During his tenure with the LeT, Talha Saeed was “actively involved in recruiting, fund-collecting, planning and executing attacks against Indian interests in Afghanistan,” according to the notification.
It comes after Hafiz Saeed, Talha’s father and the leader of the banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), was sentenced by a Pakistani court to 31 years in prison for assassinating a security official.
He says Talha has been actively promoting jihad against India, Israel, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Indian interests throughout Pakistan and other western countries while preaching in various LeT centres.
The notification stated that the federal government believes Hafiz Talha Saeed is involved in terrorism and that Hafiz Talha Saeed should be notified as a terrorist following this act.
In the Mumbai terror attacks of November 26, 2008, 166 people were killed. It was Hafiz Saeed who masterminded the attacks.
As a result of the same law, he was declared a terrorist a few years ago and is currently serving a jail term in Pakistan for alleged terrorist activities.
By the end of August 2019, the Centre had amended the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 to include a provision regarding the designation of individuals as terrorists. Previous to this amendment, only organizations were able to be designated as terrorist organizations.
As a result of the amendment, nine individuals were designated as designated terrorists according to the provisions of the UAPA Act in July 2020.
According to the amended provisions, the Central government declared four individuals to be terrorists in September 2019. They include Maulana Masood Azhar, Hafeez Saeed, Zaki-ur-RehmanLakhvi and Dawood Ibrahim.
Other than the 26/11 attacks, the LeT has been responsible for a series of deadly attacks on Indian soil, mainly in Jammu and Kashmir, in which scores of civilians and security personnel have perished over the years.
Hafiz Saeed, who founded Lashar-e-Taiba, has been sentenced by a Pakistani anti-terrorism court to 31 years in prison after he was convicted in two separate cases of terror financing. A mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, Saeed is a United Nation’s-designated terrorist who is among India’s most wanted.
Officials with the Counter-Terrorism Department of the Punjab Police announced Friday that Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) judge Ejaz Ahmad Bhuttar sentenced Saeed to 32 years in prison in two FIRs filed by him.
According to him, he has been sentenced to 15.5 years in prison as well as 16.5 years in prison.
Pakistani authorities seized Saeed’s extensive network of mosques, schools, seminaries and charities as well as other assets in the country following his arrest.
He had already been jailed for 36 years in five other cases under which the radical cleric was earlier convicted.
The total sentence of 68 years in prison is executed in parallel. This means he could be in jail in a much shorter time. Saeed is a United Nations-designated terrorist with a $ 10 million prize announced by the United States. However, it is believed that he is allowed to carry out his activities in Pakistan unimpeded, even in prison. He’s currently banned the organization, Jamaatud Dawa, which was involved in raising funds for terrorist activities under the guise of philanthropy.
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), which oversees global terrorist financing, helps urge Pakistan to roam freely in Pakistan and use its territory to take action against terrorists launching attacks in India. increase. Pakistan has been on the “ Gray List” of the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) since June 2018 for failing to manage the Money Laundering that led to terrorist financing, in October 2019. The action plan was completed monthly.
Since then, the country has not complied with FATF obligations and has remained on this list. Pakistan has traditionally avoided being blacklisted with the help of close allies such as China, Turkey and Malaysia. FATF is an intergovernmental organization founded in 1989 to combat money laundering, terrorist financing, and other related threats to the integrity of the international financial system.
The Ministry of Home Affairs has declared Hafiz Talha Sayed, the son of Hafiz Mohammad Sayed, a terrorist in Lashkar-e-Tiba, as a “designated terrorist” under the 1967 Illegal Act (Prevention) Act.
Hafiz Talha is currently on a long list of identified terrorists. This includes the father as entry number 32.
Hafiz Talha is the spiritual wing leader of a terrorist group.
The Home Office’s notice shows how Hafiz Talha was actively involved in the recruitment, financing, planning and execution of LeT attacks in India, and India’s interests in Afghanistan. The name is after Hafiz Saeed, the father of Hafiz Talha and the mastermind of the terrorist attack in Mumbai was convicted of two terrorist financing cases filed by the Pakistani Anti-Terrorism Authority33. It takes place the day after being sentenced to the year. However, he continues to avoid punishment for his involvement in the November 26, 2011, terrorist attack. India is positive towards domestic LeT and its allies.
According to the Interior Ministry’s notice, Hafiz Talha has visited LeT camps throughout Pakistan during his sermon to promote jihad for India’s interests in India, Israel, the United States, and other Western countries.
India lists designated terrorists: Maulana Masood Azhar, Hafiz Muhammad Sayed, Zakiul Lehmann Rakvi, Daoud Ibrahim Kaskar, Riyas Batkar, Rakbar Batkar, Chota Sheikle, This is Tiger Memon.
Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks in Mumbai and the banned son of Hafiz Saeed, the chief of Jamaatud Dawa (JuD), was declared a designated terrorist by the Ministry of Interior under the terms of the 1967 Illegal Act (Prevention) Act. it was done.
In a statement issued Friday, the ministry said Hafiz Talha Saeed is a senior member of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist group and the head of LeT’s religious wing. He was “actively involved in the recruitment, fundraising, planning and execution of LeT attacks in India and Indian interests in Afghanistan,” the statement said.
He said Talha Saeed “actively visited various LeT centres throughout Pakistan and in her sermon spread jihad against India’s other interests in India, Israel, the United States, and other Western countries. I added.
Hafiz Talha Saeed has been accused of terrorism by the central government, him. Under UAPA he should be declared a terrorist.
It happened on the day Talha’s father and JuD leader Hafiz Saeed were sentenced to 31 years in prison by the Pakistani anti-terrorism court. The court also imposed a fine of PKR 3,40,000 against the UN-designated terrorist, the co-founder of the Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist group, according to various reports.
Saeed, who was awarded a $10 million bounty by the United States, was arrested in July 2019 in terrorism financing cases.
He was the head of JuD, the LeT front organization responsible for the November 2008 Mumbai attacks. There were up to 166 victims when the attack took place, including six Americans.
Pakistani court sentences police chief Hafiz Saeed to 31 years in prison to confiscate all his assets US Treasury Department has designated Saeed as a Globally Specially Designated Terrorist.
Pakistan has been on the “grey list” of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) since June 2018 for its failure to control money laundering that leads to terrorist financing. This country continues to be on this list due to non-compliance with FATF regulations.
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