New Delhi (Sputnik) — In a major blow to the Hafiz Saeed-led terror outfit, the Pakistan government has taken over Jamaat-ud-Dawa's head offices located in Lahore and Muridke, reports The Dawn.
Pakistan government has appointed administrators at Lahore's Chowburji head office of Jamaat-ud-Dawa and main centre in Muridke in Punjab after seizing the premises from the terror outfit's control.
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"Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed has been barred from leading Friday prayers at the Jamia Masjid Qadsia in Lahore," a Pakistan government sources told Sputnik. Traditionally, Hafiz Saeed led the Friday prayers at Lahore's Jamia Masjid Qadsia during which he was often heard spreading anti-India rhetoric.
In addition, the authorities have seized a Jamaat-ud-Dawa seminary in Bajaur district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, the Dawn reported.
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