Hafiz Saeed

For other people named Hafiz Saeed, see Hafiz Saeed (disambiguation).

Hafiz Saeed
حافظ سعید
Saeed in 2019
Born
Hafiz Muhammad Saeed

(1950-06-05) 5 June 1950 (age 74)[1]
Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan
NationalityPakistani
Alma materPost Graduation from University of the Punjab, Further studies from King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Known forCo-founding Lashkar-e-Taiba, 2008 Mumbai attacks in The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai, India
Political partyMilli Muslim League
Board member of
Criminal statusIncarcerated
Children6
RelativesAbdul Rehman Makki (brother-in-law)[3]
MotiveTo bring Islamic rule in Pakistan
Criminal chargeTerrorism, terror financing
PenaltyDeath
Wanted by
National Investigation Agency of India
Date apprehended
17 July 2019
Imprisoned atCentral Jail Lahore, Pakistan

Hafiz Muhammad Saeed (Urdu: حافظ محمد سعید, born 5 June 1950)[4] is a Pakistani Islamic preacher and a militant convicted of terrorism.[5][6] He co-founded Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT),[7][8][9] a Pakistan-based Islamist militant organization that is designated as a terrorist group by the United Nations Security Council,[10][11] India,[12] the United States,[13] the United Kingdom,[14] the European Union,[15] Australia,[16] and Russia.[17] He is listed on India's NIA Most Wanted.[18][19] In April 2012, the United States placed a bounty of US$10 million[20] on Saeed for his role in the 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed 166 civilians. While India officially supported the American move, there were protests against it in Pakistan.[21][22][23]

After the 2008 Mumbai attacks, he was designated by the Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee of the Security Council.[24] He is also listed on the United States Department of the Treasury's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist.[25]

In July 2019, three months before the scheduled reviewal of Pakistan's action plan by the Financial Action Task Force, Saeed was arrested by Pakistani authorities and sentenced to an 11-year prison sentence.[26] In early April 2022, he was sentenced an additional 31 years for terror financing.[27]

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