Pakistan appeals against HC order freeing JuD chief Hafiz Saeed

Punjab government on Friday filed a petition in Pakistan's Supreme Court challenging the release of outlawed Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, linked to the Mumbai terror attacks, from the house arrest.
The appeal against the Lahore High Court order, filed in the apex court this morning, said Saeed needed to be detained for his own "protection".
Saeed, also the founder of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba terror group, was freed from detention on the orders of the Lahore High Court on June 2 after spending nearly six months under house arrest.