Pakistani authorities may re-arrest Hafeez Muhammad Saeed, the founder leader of militant outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba, for allegedly making inflammatory speeches against the government's policies on Kashmir and the issue of 'jehad'.
"The federal government has asked the Punjab government to take legal action against Hafeez Muhammad Saeed as he has been found delivering speeches in some parts of the province against government's policy on the issue of jehad and Kashmir...," officials here were quoted as saying by Pakistani newspaper Daily Times.
Saeed, who was released few weeks ago after a three month detention, addressed prayer meetings in the province in which he criticised Pakistan's clampdown on militants. He resigned as the leader of Lashkar before his arrest in December 2001.
"The authorities at the interior ministry were already wary of him and his organisation," the newspaper said.
He was arrested after New Delhi blamed Lashkar and another Pakistan-based militant outfit, Jaish-e-Muhammad, for various terrorist attacks in India including the December 13 attack on the Parliament.
Subsequently his name figured in the list of 20 wanted criminals and terrorists given by India to Pakistan. Bureau Report