Hafiz Saeed to be released on Friday midnight

The Judicial Review Board of the Lahore High Court on Wednesday ordered the release of Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed from house arrest. It overruled the government’s request that his release may trigger international sanctions against Pakistan.

Saeed will be freed in the midnight of November 24 after the expiry of the house arrest order. He had been under house arrest since January last.

Saeed, a declared terrorist by the U.N., the U.S. and India for his involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, was produced before the review board that comprised Justices Yawar Ali, Abus Sami Khan and Aalia Neelum.

“Concept of Justice cannot be brutalised and terrorised in the name of fight against terrorism,” the court said in its ruling.

After the verdict, he was greeted by dozens of his followers with rose petals. “Hafiz Saeed is a free man. God is great,” his social media spokesman said in a tweet.

Hafiz Saeed a free man !!! ALLAH O AKBARR

— سالار (@SalaarOfficial) November 22, 2017