Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed under house arrest

ISLAMABAD: Government on Monday ordered to place Hafiz Saeed under house arrest. Nadeem Awan Secretary of Information for JuD, told Reuters.

The United States has offered $10 million for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Saeed.

"A large police team arrived at JuD headquarters and told us that Hafiz would be placed under house arrest," Nadeem Awan, Secretary of Information for JuD, told Reuters.

Awan said the police told them they had an arrest warrant for Saeed and five others at JuD headquarters in the eastern city of Lahore.

Saeed has repeatedly denied involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

Saeed's continued freedom has been a source of continuing friction between nuclear-armed neighbours Pakistan and India as well as the United States.

Awan said the government had been under pressure from the United States to take action against Saeed or face sanctions.

"This government has buckled under the pressure," Awan said.