<p>Lahore: A new political front organisation of the 26/11 terror attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed has fielded candidates for most of the national and provincial assembly constituencies across Pakistan for the February 8 general elections.</p><p>Saeed, the founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), has been in jail since 2019 after being convicted for several years in multiple terror finance cases along with some other leaders of the banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD).</p><p>The Pakistan Markazi Muslim League (PMML) party— set up by Saeed claims it is a political party, and has declared its electoral symbol to be a 'chair'.</p><p>In a video message, PMML President Khalid Masood Sindhu said that his party is contesting on most of the national and provincial assembly seats.</p><p>"We want to come to power not for corruption but to serve the people and make Pakistan an Islamic welfare state," he said.</p><p>Sindhu is a candidate for NA-130 Lahore, from which Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz supremo and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif is also contesting.</p>.Pakistan’s top poll body rejects internal polls in Imran Khan’s party, snatches its election symbol of bat.<p>Saeed’s son Talha Saeed is contesting from Lahore's NA-127.</p><p>When contacted, Sindhu denied his party's link with Saeed's outfit. "The PMML has no backing of Hafiz Saeed," he claimed on Monday.</p><p>In 2018, the Milli Muslim League (MML) was the political face of JuD. It had fielded candidates on most seats, especially in Punjab province but failed to win a single seat.</p><p>For the 2024 polls, the PMML has been formed because of a ban on the MML. The US has placed a $10 million bounty on Saeed, a UN-designated terrorist.</p><p>Saeed-led JuD is the front organisation for the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), which is responsible for carrying out the 2008 Mumbai attack that killed 166 people, including six Americans.</p>
<p>Lahore: A new political front organisation of the 26/11 terror attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed has fielded candidates for most of the national and provincial assembly constituencies across Pakistan for the February 8 general elections.</p><p>Saeed, the founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), has been in jail since 2019 after being convicted for several years in multiple terror finance cases along with some other leaders of the banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD).</p><p>The Pakistan Markazi Muslim League (PMML) party— set up by Saeed claims it is a political party, and has declared its electoral symbol to be a 'chair'.</p><p>In a video message, PMML President Khalid Masood Sindhu said that his party is contesting on most of the national and provincial assembly seats.</p><p>"We want to come to power not for corruption but to serve the people and make Pakistan an Islamic welfare state," he said.</p><p>Sindhu is a candidate for NA-130 Lahore, from which Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz supremo and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif is also contesting.</p>.Pakistan’s top poll body rejects internal polls in Imran Khan’s party, snatches its election symbol of bat.<p>Saeed’s son Talha Saeed is contesting from Lahore's NA-127.</p><p>When contacted, Sindhu denied his party's link with Saeed's outfit. "The PMML has no backing of Hafiz Saeed," he claimed on Monday.</p><p>In 2018, the Milli Muslim League (MML) was the political face of JuD. It had fielded candidates on most seats, especially in Punjab province but failed to win a single seat.</p><p>For the 2024 polls, the PMML has been formed because of a ban on the MML. The US has placed a $10 million bounty on Saeed, a UN-designated terrorist.</p><p>Saeed-led JuD is the front organisation for the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), which is responsible for carrying out the 2008 Mumbai attack that killed 166 people, including six Americans.</p>