Lahore:
Pakistani authorities today carried out raids across various cities of Pakistan’s Punjab province and took into custody quite a few suspects in connection with the explosion outdoors the home of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack mastermind and head of banned terror outfit Jamat-ud-Dawa (JuD) Hafiz Saeed in Lahore.
At least 3 folks have been killed and 21 injured in the blast that took spot at a police picket outdoors terrorist Hafiz Saeed’s home at the BOR Society in Lahore’s Johar Town at about 11 am on Wednesday. Some police officers guarding the terrorist’s home suffered really serious injuries. The windows and walls of Hafiz Saeed’s home have been broken from the effect of the blast.
No group has claimed duty for the blast.
According to a report on Pakistan’s Geo Television, the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of Pakistan’s Punjab Police today carried out raids across various cities in connection with the blast.
According to news agency Press Trust of India, the neighborhood report quoted sources saying that the Counter-Terrorism Department has taken into custody quite a few suspicious persons.
Pakistan’s Counter-Terrorism Department and intelligence agencies have collected the proof from the crime scene, the sources told the neighborhood news channel, adding that ball bearings, pieces of iron and the vehicle’s components have been preserved.
Investigative agencies have also began geo-fencing the region to aid with the blast probe, the report mentioned.
In geo-fencing, a virtual geographic boundary about an region is designed by indicates of Global Positioning System (GPS) or Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technologies, enabling application to trigger a response when a mobile device enters or leaves the region.
Hafiz Saeed has been serving a jail sentence at the higher-safety Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore for his conviction in terror financing instances. The blast sparked rumours in Pakistan that Hafiz Saeed could have been present in the home.
Condemning the attack on the terrorist, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari warned that Pakistan could see an enhance in such attacks due to the flawed Afghan policy of the existing government led by Pak Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Addressing the media at the Parliament House in Islamabad on Wednesday, Bilawal Bhutto mentioned such incidents could enhance as Pakistan’s policy in Afghan peace course of action is not right and added that some terrorist organisations are also active across the border, Pakistan’s Express Tribune newspaper reported.
“I had demanded on the floor of the (National) Assembly that whatever the Pakistani government is doing covertly and through the backdoor should be brought before the representatives of the people. The government should tell us what its policy is,” he mentioned, referring to Pakistan’s function in the deal in between Afghan Taliban and the United States.
Hafiz Saeed, a UN designated terrorist whom the US has placed a USD 10 million bounty on, has been convicted for 36 years imprisonment in 5 terror financing instances. His punishment is operating concurrently.
Hafiz Saeed-led JuD is the front organisation for the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) which is accountable for carrying out the 2008 Mumbai attack that killed 166 folks, like six Americans.
The US Department of the Treasury has designated Hafiz Saeed as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. He was listed below the UN Security Council Resolution 1267 in December 2008.
The international terror financing watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is instrumental in pushing Pakistan to take measures against terrorists roaming freely in Pakistan and working with territory in its handle to carry out attacks in India.
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