Hafiz Saeed sentenced to 32 years in two more terror financing cases
The Hindu
Earlier in five such cases, the 70-year-old radical cleric had already been convicted for 36 years imprisonment.
An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan on Friday sentenced Mumbai terror attack mastermind and banned Jamat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed to 32 years in jail in two more terror financing cases.
Earlier in five such cases, the 70-year-old radical cleric had already been convicted for 36 years imprisonment.
The total sentence of 68 years imprisonment will run concurrently. Saeed may have to spend not many years in jail because his sentence will run concurrently, a lawyer told PTI.
On Friday, anti-terrorism court (ATC) judge Ejaz Ahmad Bhuttar handed down 32 years jail term to Saeed in two FIRs - 21/2019 and 90/2019 registered by the Counter Terrorism Department of Punjab Police, a court official told PTI.
"In the 21/19 and 99/21, he was sentenced for 15.5 years and 16.5 years, respectively," the official added.
The court also imposed a fine of PKR 340,000 on Saeed.
He said Saeed was brought to the court from the Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore where he has been imprisoned since 2019 in strict security.
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