Just days after his organisation was declared a terror outfit by the US, Jamaat-ul-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed, who orchestrated the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, addressed a seminar at the lahore High Court spewing venom on India and America.
This is the second time that Saeed, who is the founder of banned terror organisation lashkar-e-Tayyeba, has addressed lawyers and others on the court premises this year. In May, Saeed, who roams around freely in Pakistan despite being a designated terrorist, was invited as chief guest at the lahore High Court Bar Association, one of the premier bar associations in Pakistan.
At that time, the decision was opposed by a section of the lawyers. Saeed addressed the seminar at the lahore High Court building organised by the Pakistan Justice Party,
Tightening its noose around the lashkar-e-Tayyeba (leT), the US had last month added its affiliates, including the JuD to its list of designated terror organisations and slapped sanctions against two Pakistan-based lashkar-e-Tayyeba leaders.
The US State Department has amended lashkar-e-Tayyeba’s designations to add its aliases: Jamaat-ul-Dawa, Al-Anfal Trust, Tehrik-e-Hurmat-e-Rasool and Tehrik-e-Tahafuz Qibla Awwal, an official statement had said.