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| India-Pakistan |
| Hafiz Muhammad Saeed put under house arrest. Again. |
| 2002-11-01 |
| The government Of Punjab on Thursday placed Hafiz Mohammed Saeed, the Ameer Of Jamat-ud-Dawa Pakistan, under house arrest for One month, police officials said. I'm so confused... An order of the Punjab Govt. read out by one of its officials to this reporter said: "Hafiz Muhammad Saeed has been detained under section 3 MPO, 1960, for a period of one month to prevent from acting in a manner prejudicial to public peace and tranquillity" I mean, that part of it certainly makes sense... Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, was picked up by security forces in May and kept at an undisclosed location for five and half months. He didn't know where he was? A dozen armed police surrounded Hafiz Saeed's home, barring the entry of supporters and media who converged on the residence. Hafiz Muhammad Saeed said he was now under house arrest. "I am still under federal government detention, my house has been declared a sub-jail," Hafiz Saeed told AFP by telephone from inside his home. "I was held by the federal government's functionaries. I was never produced in any court," he said. And in court, they said, "Nope, we ain't got him," that they didn't know where he was. So did the gummint put the snatch on him, and then produce him later, unsullied? Or did Hafiz duck out to stage a little publicity stunt? He was returned to his house early Thursday by authorities in Lahore, according to his spokesman, Yahya Mujahid. The move to place Hafiz Saeed under house arrest came month after his wife sought the court's help in obtaining his release. From wherever he was... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |