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Hafiz Muhammad Saeed (Urdu: حافظ محمد سعید, born 5 June 1950) [4] is a Pakistani Islamic preacher and a militant convicted of terrorism. [5] [6] He co-founded Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), [7] [8] [9] a Pakistan-based Islamist militant organization that is designated as a terrorist group by the United Nations Security Council, [10] [11] India, [12] the United States, [13] the United ...
Tehreek-e-Azaadi Jammu and Kashmir (तहरीक-ए-आज़ादी जम्मू और कश्मीर), abbreviated as TAJK, is a terrorist front organisation, run by Hafiz Muhammad Saeed. [1] [2] [3] By Indian government, It is claimed to be a front for Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD).
In October 2009, two men were charged by the FBI for involvement in terrorism abroad, David Coleman Headley and Tahawwur Hussain Rana. Mumbai police suspect these two may be involved in the Mumbai attacks, too. [36] Headley is reported to have posed as an American Jew and is believed to have links with terrorist outfits based in Bangladesh. [37]
Hafiz Muhammad Saeed – founder of LeT and aamir of its political arm, JuD. [81] Shortly after the 2008 Mumbai attacks Saeed denied any links between the two groups: "No Lashkar-e-Taiba man is in Jamaat-ud-Dawa and I have never been a chief of Lashkar-e-Taiba." On 25 June 2014, the United States declared JuD an affiliate of LeT.
The Inspector General of CRPF in Kashmir, Muneer Khan, said that Lashkar-e-Taiba, allegedly founded by Hafiz Saeed was behind the attack. [38] [39] Seven pilgrims from Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Telangana, including six women were killed in the attack. [34] [40] Another pilgrim succumbed to her injuries on 16 July. [41]
On 23 June 2021, about 11 am local time, a car bombing took place in Johar Town, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.Three people were killed and more than 21 others injured. Police believe that the target was the house which was damaged in the bombing.
A significant development came on 14 July 2012 as Hafiz Saeed Khan, a prominent TTP leader, agreed to rapidly assemble a group of 143 Afghan and Pakistani volunteer fighters for al-Qaeda to dispatch to join the al-Nusra Front in Syria.
It was founded in 1990 by Hafiz Muhammad Saeed and was based in Lahore, Pakistan. [2] It belongs to Ahl-i Hadith school of thought of Sunni Islam. [2] On 21 February 2019, the National Security Committee (NSC) of Pakistan decided to proscribe Jamat ud Dawa (JuD) and Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation (FIF) under Schedule I of the Anti-Terrorism Act ...