An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has asked the Punjab Police to arrest chief of the banned terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) Masood Azhar by January 18 in connection with a terror-financing case.

The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Gujranwala issued the arrest warrant  in the terror-financing case instituted by the CTD in the previous hearing on Thursday. Judge Natasha Naseem Supra during the case hearing on Friday directed the CTD to arrest JeM chief Masood Azhar by January 18 and present him in the court. In case of failure (to arrest him), the court may begin proceedings to declare him a proclaimed offender, a court official told PTI on Saturday.

Azhar has been accused of terror financing and selling jihadi literature.The Pakistan government arrested over 100 members of the banned militant outfits including the JeM chief's son and brother.In December 2020, Hafiz Saeed, the leader of the banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and the mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison after he was convicted in another case.

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