LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Friday convicted three leaders of Jamatud Dawa (JuD), Prof Malik Zafar Iqbal, Hafiz Abdul Salam and Hafiz Abdul Rehman Makki in a terror financing case under sections 11-F (2)(5)(6), 11-H (2), 11-H (3)(a)(b), 11-J(2), 11-N of Anti-Terrorism Act 1997.

The Counter Terrorism Department had registered 23 FIRs against the JuD leaders in different cities of Punjab.

Presiding Judge Ejaz Ahmad Buttar awarded a collective imprisonment of 16-and-a-half-year to Iqbal and Salam while one-and-a-half-year jail term to Makki. As per the break-up of the sentence, Iqbal and Salam have been given one-and-half-year imprisonment under section 11-F (6) and five years each under sections 11-N read with sections 11-I (2)(b), 11-H and 11-J of the ATA, 1997 along with a fine Rs170,000 on each while Makki has been punished under section 11-F (6) only with a fine of Rs20,000.

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