ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s foreign office confirmed on Friday India had sent a formal extradition request for Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, who cofounded the proscribed Lashkar-e-Taiba group, after a senior official in New Delhi shared the information with journalists in a media briefing.
India suspects Saeed’s involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, which led to the deaths and injuries of hundreds of people, and wants him to stand trial under its laws.
Saeed refused to take responsibility for the attacks in the past in which a group of gunmen targeted hotels and other localities in the Indian city.
Pakistan put him under house arrest on various charges before convicting him for 31 years on terrorism financing in April 2022.
“Pakistan has received a request from the Indian authorities, seeking extradition of Hafiz Saeed in a so-called money laundering case,” the foreign office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said.
“It is pertinent to note that no bilateral extradition treaty exists between Pakistan and India,” she added.
Only a day earlier, Baloch refused to respond to a query about reports of India’s request to extradite Saeed, calling such information “speculative.”
However, the spokesperson for the Indian external affairs ministry, Arindam Bagchi, shared the information with the reporters in a media briefing on Friday.
“We have conveyed a request along with relevant supporting documents to the government of Pakistan,” he said.
Pakistan confirms receiving India’s extradition request for Hafiz Saeed ‘in money laundering case’
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Pakistan confirms receiving India’s extradition request for Hafiz Saeed ‘in money laundering case’
- India suspects Saeed’s involvement in 2018 Mumbai attacks that led to killings of hundreds of people
- The foreign office in Islamabad says no bilateral extradition treaty exists between India and Pakistan
Pakistan to host PSL 11 from Mar. 26 to May 3, says PCB chairman
- PSL, Pakistan’s premier T20 cricket tournament, is set to feature eight city-based teams in upcoming edition
- Pakistan Cricket Board has held roadshows in London and New York to entice investors to bid for new PSL teams
ISLAMABAD: The 11th edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) will be held from Mar. 26 to May 11, 2026, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi announced on Sunday.
The PSL is Pakistan’s premier T20 cricket league that features a mix of local and international players and coaches. The PSL features six teams, each named after a Pakistani city, with the upcoming edition set to feature two new teams.
PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi, along with former cricketing greats Ramiz Raja and Wasim Akram, participated in a roadshow in New York on Sunday. The PCB has held a roadshow in London previously to attract international investors to bid for the new teams.
“I can tell you one thing that PSL will start on Mar. 26, which is very near,” Naqvi said at the roadshow.
“And the final we are planning to hold on May 3.”
Naqvi said the revised schedule for the auction of the two new PSL teams will take place on Jan. 8. The auction was originally scheduled to take place on Jan. 6; however, it was postponed by one day due to a week-long extension of the deadline for the submission of the bids for the new franchises, initially set at Dec. 15.
The PCB said this week it had pushed the deadline to submit the bids for the two new teams keeping in mind “growing interest” from investors in the US, Europe and the Middle East.
