Lashkar-e-Taiba commander and chief operative of 26/11 Mumbai attacks Sajid Mir is currently in Lahore Central Jail after being sentenced to eight years on terrorism charges by an “anti-terrorism court” in Pakistan earlier this month. likely to be closed. financing.
Mir’s sentencing comes as Islamabad prepares to be sited by Financial Action Task Force officials to verify Pakistan’s implementation of relevant anti-money laundering and terrorism-financing reforms. A positive report could help Pakistan get out of the gray list of FATF, which it is desperately trying to do.
Sources said Mir was detained in a quiet hearing in late April, while the prison sentence was handed down just before the FATF meeting in June. read full story