Islamabad, June 4
Pakistan today said the government of its Punjab province would file an appeal against the Lahore High Court order releasing banned JuD chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, who was placed under house arrest in December last year in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks.
“The Lahore High Court ordered the release of Saeed and the Punjab government is filing an appeal,” Pakistan Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit told the media here.
“Let’s see how the legal process goes,” he said, responding to a question on India’s unhappiness over Saeed’s release.
Official sources said the appeal against the Lahore High Court order would be filed by the Punjab government because Saeed was originally detained on orders of authorities in the province.
However, it is still not clear whether the appeal would be filed before a larger bench of the Lahore High Court or the Supreme Court, they said.
The Lahore HC had accepted Saeed’s petition challenging his detention and ordered his immediate release on Tuesday.
— PTI
