Further detention for JuD chief Saeed

Lahore, October 20 

The detention of Mumbai attack mastermind and banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed has been extended by another 30 days by the judicial review board of Pakistan's Punjab province. However, the board rejected the government's plea for the detention of his four aides — Abdullah Ubaid, Malik Zafar Iqbal, Abdul Rehman Abid and Qazi Kashif Hussain — who may walk out free on the expiry of their September 25 detention order, if not detained in any other case.

The 30-day detention will be applicable from October 24. Saeed and his aides were presented before the judicial board at the Lahore High Court amid high security on Thursda. Their supporters at the court's premises showered rose petals, but were stopped by the police from raising slogans. "The judicial board, after listening to the arguments put forth by the law officer, granted 30 days' extension to Saeed's house arrest in Lahore," an official said. — PTI