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Hafiz Saeed, the ideological figurehead associated with Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), has been under repeated house arrest, detention, and prosecution under Pakistan’s Anti-Terrorism Act.
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His Johar Town residence in Lahore was itself targeted in a terror attack, underscoring a key reality: individuals under state sanction are not state protégés.
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Pakistan did not block the listing of JuD or LeT-linked entities at the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee, freezing assets and restricting movement under international oversight.
If LeT were a “state tool,” sustained legal action, asset freezes, and UN-compliant sanctions would be strategically irrational.
2. Musharraf’s Break with Militancy in IIOJK
The decisive policy rupture came as early as the 2000s.
Under Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan:
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