A division bench of the Lahore High Court on Monday adjourned a petition of Jamatud Dawa Chief Hafiz Saeed for submission of report of review board for extension of detention of Hafiz Saeed, his aides Professor Malik Zafar Iqbal, Abdur Rehman Abid, Qazi Kashif Hussain and Abdullah Ubaid. Hafiz Saeed and others had challenged their detention through AK Dogar Advocate.
On January 31, the Punjab government had placed Hafiz Saeed and four other party leaders under house arrest after the interior ministry issued a letter which said that as per the UN Security Council sanctions, the JuD and Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation (FIF) have been put on the watch list and listed in the second schedule of the Anti-Terrorism Act. Hafiz Saeed and others had challenged their detention and subsequent extension for another 90 days.