LeT founder Hafeez Sayeed put under house arrest in Pakistan

Restrictions are being placed on Islamic fundamentalist organisations before the Pakistan’s Independence Day. To start with Lashkar-e-Tayiba (LeT) founder Hafeez Sayeed, whose name figures in the list of wanted persons forwarded by India to Pakistan, has been kept under one-month house arrest at his residence in Lahore. Sayeed had been blamed for the December 13 attack on the Indian Parliament.

Sayeed’s detention comes in the wake of revelations that LeT was behind the recent Mumbai bomb blasts killing nearly 200 people, after which India put-off the Foreign Secretary-level talks with Pakistan.

Sayeed, who currently heads the Islamic organisation Jamat-ud-Dawa, which is the new name for the Lashkere-e-Tayebba, which has been banned. The government also cancelled permission for the Jamat-ud Dawa to hold a rally on August 14,. .

Sayeed is one of the top names on the list of militant leaders India wants Pakistan to extradite. He, along with Masood Azhar, the leader of Jaish-e-Mohammed, has been blamed for the attack on Indian Parliament.

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