The Lahore High Court on Friday issued notices to interior ministry and provincial government for March 29 in response to a petition of Hafiz Muhammad Saeed challenging a ban on activities and freezing of bank accounts of his two organisations Jamatud Dawa (JuD) and Falah-i-Insaniat Foundation (FIF). Earlier, A K Dogar advocate argued that the interior ministry on February 10 had issued a notification with regard to freezing bank accounts and taking over assets of JuD and FIF under the Anti-Terrorism (amendment) Ordinance 2018.
He said the government acted under the pressure of foreign powers including United Nations and India. He contended that "Pakistan is a sovereign independent state and makes its own laws to govern its citizens." He said if there was a conflict between the laws of the land and any provision of United Nations Security Counsel Act, 1948, the law of the land shall prevail, he added. The counsel prayed the court to declare the impugned notification of the interior ministry null and void.
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