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Pakistan: 3 JuD members arrested from Punjab province

<span style="color: #222222;">Three members of the Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed-led Jamaat-ud-Dawa have been arrested on the charges of terror financing in Pakistan's Punjab province, amid pressure from the global community on Islamabad to rein in the militant groups.<br />''<br />''In a statement issued in Lahore late yesterday, the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of Punjab police said it arrested the three members during a raid on their hideout in Faisalabad, some 150 kilometres from Lahore.<br />''<br />''Millions of rupees have been recovered from their possession which they had collected for terror financing, it said.<br />''<br />''The CTD also said a report had been submitted to the Anti-Terrorism Court in Faisalabad against them. A nation-wide crackdown against terror financing has been underway, police said. </span><br />

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