The judge noted that the prosecution had successfully proved its case against the accused. AP/File
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court on Monday awarded a collective sentence of 15-year imprisonment and a fine of over Rs1 million to a member of the banned Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) for collecting money to fund its terrorist activities in the country.
Mohammad Uzair was found guilty of collecting Rs2,000 for the banned outfit’s charity wing Falah-i-Insaniat Foundation (FIF) at Jamia Masjid Aqsa in Nazimabad in November 2020.
On Monday, the ATC-XII judge, who conducted trial in the judicial complex inside the central prison, pronounced his verdict.
An antiterrorism court on Monday sentenced the prayer leader of a mosque located on Superhighway to over 25 years in prison for raising funds for the outlawed Jamaatud Dawa (JuD). Creative Commons/File
KARACHI: An antiterrorism court on Monday sentenced the prayer leader of a mosque located on Superhighway to over 25 years in prison for raising funds for the outlawed Jamaatud Dawa (JuD).
The court also ordered the provincial education department to take over and forfeit the mosque/seminary in Malir used by JuD for generating money to fund terrorist activities across the country.
On Monday, the ATC-XII judge, who conducted the trial in the judicial complex inside the central prison, pronounced the verdict against prayer leader Ghulam Rasool Rabbani and imposed a fine of Rs2.2 million on him.
Karachi court sentences prayer leader to over 25 yrs in jail for funding Hafiz Saeed-led JuD
The prayer leader, Ghulam Rasool Rabbani, was accused of using his mosque to raise funds for the banned outfit Jamaat-ud-Dawa.
Pia Krishnankutty 29 December, 2020 4:17 pm IST Text Size:
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New Delhi: An anti-terrorism court in Karachi sentenced a prayer leader of a mosque, Ghulam Rasool Rabbani, to over 25 years in prison for raising funds for banned outfit Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) Tuesday, according to local media reports.
This comes just days after JuD chief and Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed was sentenced to 15 and a half years in jail in a terror financing case.