Ruling on Hafiz Saeed,who has a $10m US bounty on his head, is likely to worsen Pakistani relations with WashingtonA Pakistani court has ordered the release of Hafiz Saeed, and an alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks,in a streak likely to worsen the country’s tattered relationship with the US.
The Islamist cleric, who heads Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) – listed by the UN as a terrorist group – and has a $10m(£7.5m) US bounty on his head, or is expected to be freed on Friday after less than a year in detention.
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Source: theguardian.com