Having proven its credibility by securing his conviction, Pakistan can now conveniently claim innocence if the high court sets aside the trial court’s verdict.
Pakistan sentenced Saeed to a 11-year jail term in two terror financing cases, four days ahead of a crucial FATF meeting where they will present their case to escape the blacklist.
The sentencing of the Mumbai attack mastermind comes days before a crucial FATF meet in Paris where Pakistan will present its case to get itself off grey list.
Anti-terror act UAPA was amended last year to allow individuals to be named ‘designated terrorists’, but opposition parties had raised fears of misuse on activists.
Lawyers across Pakistan are boycotting courts to protest against cases against their colleagues in connection with the rampage at Lahore's Punjab Institute of Cardiology.
Under pressure from the international community, Pakistan launched investigations into the Lashkar-e-Taiba, JuD and its charity wing Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation (FIF) for their holding and use of trusts to raise funds for terrorism financing.
Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities.
In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.
The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.
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