Hafiz Saeed, the alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks has been sentenced to jail in Pakistan for five-and-a-half years on terror finance charges.
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Hafiz Saeed, a UN-designated terrorist and head of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), was found guilty of “being part of a banned terrorist outfit” and for “having illegal property” by an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Lahore.
The ATC sentenced him and his close aide Zafar Iqbal to five-and-a-half years each and imposed a fine of ₹15,000 in each case. A total of 11 years sentence will run concurrently.
This is the first time that Saeed has been formally convicted of an offence. He was put under house arrest on a number of occasions.
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