Abdul Rehman Makki, chief of Jamaat-ut-Dawa.
Lahore (Pakistan): Hafiz Abdul Rehman Makki, deputy chief of the banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa and relative of Mumbai attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed in India, died of a heart attack here on Friday. According to Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), Professor Abdul Rehman Makki was ill for the past few days and was being treated for high diabetes in a private hospital in Lahore.
Makki suffered a heart attack this morning and breathed his last in a hospital, a JuD official told PTI. Makki, a relative of JuD chief Hafiz Saeed, was sentenced to six months in jail by an anti-terrorism court in 2020 in a terror financing case. Was sentenced to imprisonment.
declared global terrorist
Makki was the deputy chief of JuD and was not much talked about after his sentencing in a terrorism financing case. Pakistan Muttahida Muslim League (PMML) said in a statement that Makki was a supporter of Pakistani ideology. Makki was designated a global terrorist by the United Nations in 2023, subjecting him to asset freeze, travel ban and arms embargo. (Language)
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