Islamabad, September 25: Pakistani authorities have said that 26/11 mastermind and Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed was not under house arrest as was being claimed earlier.
Officials claimed there was still no credible evidence to take action against Saeed for the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai.
Earlier, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani had said that Saeed had been arrested following the filing of FIRs against him. But Saeed’s lawyer denied the arrest, saying an appeal had been filed in the Lahore High Court.
Interestingly, the FIRs lodged against Saeed have nothing to do with his role in the 26/11 attacks.
Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik said prosecution of Saeed should not be a precondition for resuming talks.
–Agencies