Pakistan names' Mumbai terror attack's mastermind Hafiz Saeed as a terrorist

Islamabad: Pakistan has finally declared alleged Mumbai terror attack’s mastermind Hafiz Mohammed Saeed under a new ordinance.

President Mamnoon Hussain signed the new ordinance paving the way for the government to proceed against suspected masterminds of the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

Officials said the new ordinance meant that all those individuals and entities listed by the United Nations also stand banned under Pakistani laws.

The government did not give any details on what action could be taken against Saeed but police removed barricades outside the Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) chief’s house on Tuesday.

The move comes after Washington piled pressure on Pakistan last November to take action against Hafiz Saeed, the alleged mastermind of the Mumbai attacks which killed 166 people.

Pakistan says there is not enough evidence to charge him, and denies harbouring militants. However, the White House has said that freeing him “belies Pakistani claims that it will not provide sanctuary for terrorists.”