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Islamabad: A new party named Markazi Muslim League has entered the election fray in Pakistan for the general elections to be held on February 8, which is believed to be the party of 2008 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed, who is trying to avoid sanctions. Has appeared in a new outfit for. This information has been given in the media reports. According to a news of BBC Urdu, some of the candidates nominated by this party from different cities of Pakistan are those who are either relatives of Hafiz Saeed or were earlier associated with the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jamaat-ud-Dawa or Milli Muslim League. Are.

Terrorist Hafiz Saeed is in jail

Saeed, who is lodged in a jail in Lahore, has been sentenced to a total of 31 years in prison by Pakistan’s anti-terrorism courts in several terrorism financing cases. He was included in the list of ‘global terrorists’ by the United Nations on 10 December 2008. Pakistan has included Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jamaat ud Dawa (JuD) and its affiliates and institutions in the list of banned organizations.

Terrorist launched party with this name

JuD includes Khair Nas International Trust, Falah Insaniyat Foundation, Al-Anfal Trust, Khamtab Khaliq Institution, Al-Dawat Al-Arshad, Al-Hamad Trust, Al-Madinah Foundation and Mu az Bin Jabal Educational Trust. A news published on Saturday quoting analysts who keep an eye on religious parties in Pakistan claimed that Markazi Muslim League is the ‘new political face’ of Saeed’s organization JuD. However, a party spokesperson has denied any links with Sayeed’s organisations.

Other terrorists including son are contesting elections

According to the news, Saeed’s son Hafiz Talha Saeed is contesting on behalf of Markazi Muslim League Party and has filed nomination for National Assembly from constituency number NA-122 from Lahore. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader and former federal minister Khawaja Saad Rafiq is contesting from this constituency. Similarly, Saeed’s son-in-law Hafiz is contesting from provincial assembly constituency PP-162 on the ticket of Nek Gujjar Markji Muslim League.

Tried to contest elections in 2018 also

In the past too, some people associated with Jamaat-ud-Dawa had tried to participate in the 2018 elections on behalf of the ‘Milli Muslim League’ party, but the Election Commission of Pakistan banned the organization after opposition from the government and His application for registration was rejected. After the application was rejected, the party’s candidates contested the elections from an unknown party named ‘Allahu Akbar’ Tehreek, but all lost. The name of ‘Milli Muslim League’ was not included in the list of banned parties in Pakistan, but in 2018, the US Finance Department, with the approval of the State Department, declared this party banned and seven people associated with it were included in the list of ‘global terrorists’. was put.

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