Hafiz Saeed, the founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba which the United Nations has listed as a terrorist organization, petitioned the court to ban the Kabir Khan-directed feature film “Phantom” on the basis that it maligns Pakistan and vilifies Saeed and his current organization, Jamaat-ud-Dawa.
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After hearing the arguments, LHC ordered not to screen the film in Pakistan. Hafiz Saeed, is believed to be the mastermind behind the Mumbai blasts of 26/11.
Saeed’s legal counsel A K Dogar said “there is a direct threat to the life of the petitioner (Saeed) and his associates emanating from the content of the trailer of the film”.
ISLAMABAD (AP) – A lawyer for a suspected Pakistani militant wanted by the U.S. said Thursday a court has banned an upcoming Bollywood movie that imagines his client being assassinated.
Before issuing a short-order on the film that is scheduled to release on August 28, the judge observed that Indian and other movies were easily available after their release and asked the government what it could do to stop it from being available in the market if a movie is banned.
In “Phantom“, based mostly on the novel “Mumbai Avengers” by J. Hussain Zaidi, Indian spies goal these behind the Mumbai siege, a 3-day rampage in India’s monetary capital that left 166 individuals lifeless.
Authorities in america and India blamed the militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba for finishing up the Mumbai assault. Saeed denies having any links with the militancy now.
As per reports, captured Pakistani terrorist Mohammad Naved Yakub Naved revealed to the NIA that Saeed also gave motivational speeches to fight jihad against India.
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NIA has registered a case under various sections of Indian Penal Code and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act against Naved and his accomplice who had fired on a BSF convoy on August five killing two personnel. “Why can’t we do the same?”
