Pakistan’s Supreme Court has allowed Hafiz Saeed’s Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF) to continue their activities in the country.
A two-member bench Wednesday rejected an appeal by the government against an interim order of the Lahore High Court on April 5 which had allowed the two groups to continue their welfare work.
The high court had restrained the government from interfering with the social work of the two groups and also allowed their legal activities.
Earlier, the Pakistan government had banned companies and individuals from making donations to JuD, FIF, and other organisations on the UN Security Council sanctions list.
JuD chief Saeed termed the apex court verdict as a “victory of justice and truth”.
Officials said JuD’s network includes 300 seminaries and schools, hospitals, a publishing house and ambulance service. The two groups have about 50,000 volunteers and hundreds of other paid workers.