Pakistani Islamist found guilty on two more charges of terrorism financing, South Asia News & Top Stories


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LAHORE (REUTERS) - A Pakistani court on Thursday (Nov 19) sentenced Islamist leader Hafiz Saeed, founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), the militant group blamed by the United States and India for the 2008 Mumbai siege, to 10 years in prison on two charges of terrorism financing, his lawyer said. The sentences for the two charges - five years each - will run concurrently. Saeed is already in jail serving two sentences of five-and-a-half-years each, handed down to him in February this year, which means he will not serve any extra jail time. "An anti-terrorism court in Lahore sentenced ten-and-a-half years imprisonment...