Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed and 37 other individuals affiliated with the organisation have asked the Ministry of Interior to remove their names from the Exit Control List (ECL). In a letter forwarded to the ministry, AK Dogar advocate on behalf of JuD chief and others pleaded that the JuD had never been involved in any terrorist activity in Pakistan and no incident of any terrorism or destruction of property was ever alleged against the organisation.
He argued that the JuD is dedicated to welfare of the citizens as it has established 142 schools and four universities in the country. He referred to an observation of a full bench of the Lahore High Court that the government does not have any evidence that the petitioners are risk for the security of Pakistan and merely on the basis of the UN Resolution their liberty cannot be curtailed. He therefore requested the ministry to delete the names of Hafiz Saeed and others from the ECL.
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