Lahore: An anti-terrorism court on Friday handed down six years imprisonment to another senior leader of Jamat-ud Dawa (JuD) in a terror-financing case.
Announcing the verdict in FIR No. 26, Presiding Judge Arshad Hussain Bhutta sentenced Muhammad Ashraf for the imprisonment and also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000, reported Dawn.
On Thursday, the court had convicted JuD Chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, the mastermind of the Mumbai attack in 2008, and its leaders, including Malik Zafar Iqbal, Yahya Mujahid and Hafiz Abdul Rehman Makki, in two FIRs.
While Saeed, Iqbal and Mujahid were awarded collective imprisonment of ten-and-a-half years in each case, Makki was jailed for six months.
They were convicted under the Anti-Terrorism Act Section 11-F(2) -- about membership, support and meetings relating to a proscribed organisation -- and 11-N (punishment under Sections 11-H to 11-K).
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Section 11H relates to fundraising for terrorism, 11-I is about the use and possession of money or other property for terrorism, 11-J relates to funding arrangements, which result in money being made available for terrorism, while 11-K relates to money laundering.