worldUpdated: Aug 29, 2020 20:36 ISTA Pakistani court has convicted three leaders of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD), including LeT founder Hafiz Saeed’s brother-in-law Abdul Rahman Makki, in a case of terror financing and given them prison terms ranging from 18 months to more than 16 years. The court gave a collective prison term of 16-and-a-half years to Iqbal and Bhuttavi while Makki received a jail term of one-and-a-half years, according to reports in the Pakistani media. Iqbal was described in the notification as a senior leader and co-founder of LeT who has held various senior positions in LeT and JUD. Bhuttavi was described as a founding member of LeT and deputy to Hafiz Saeed. The Counter-Terrorism Department had registered 23 FIRs against JuD leaders in different cities of Pakistan’s Punjab province.

Source: Hindustan Times August 29, 2020 15:06 UTC