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(31 Jan 2017) Pakistan has placed the leader of a charity linked to a militant group under house arrest.
Hafiz Saeed, whose Jamaat-ud-Dawa is a front for Lashkar-e-Taiba, the group behind the 2008 Mu
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mbai attacks, was placed under house arrest along with four aides.
Azam Suleman, the top security official in the eastern Punjab province, ordered the five to be detained for 90 days after the government vowed to act against the charity and an affiliate known as the Falah Insaniat Foundation.
Saeed is wanted by the US government, which has offered a 10 million US dollar reward.
Pakistan has long tolerated Lashkar-e-Taiba and other Islamic militant groups, viewing them as allies against its archrival, India.
The United Nations Security Council labelled the charity a 'terrorist front group' in 2008.
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