Ahmed Ludhianvi

Pakistan has lifted a ban on a sectarian group leader, Muhammad Ahmed Ludhianvi, and removed him from a terrorist watchlist, the government said in an order, while the election commission would now consider whether his group can contest July polls.

For almost six hours Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed and Ahl-e-Sunnat Wal Jamaat leader Ahmed Ludhianvi played cat-and-mouse with Islamabad police and paramilitary forces who were trying to prevent the duo from entering the Pakistani capital. Despite an order barring their entry into Islamabad, Saeed and Ludhianvi sneaked into the city o...

Pakistan has lifted a ban on a sectarian group leader, Muhammad Ahmed Ludhianvi, and removed him from a terrorist watchlist, the government said in an order, while the election commission would now consider whether his group can contest July polls.

For almost six hours Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed and Ahl-e-Sunnat Wal Jamaat leader Ahmed Ludhianvi played cat-and-mouse with Islamabad police and paramilitary forces who were trying to prevent the duo from entering the Pakistani capital. Despite an order barring their entry into Islamabad, Saeed and Ludhianvi sneaked into the city o...