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Jamaat-ud-Dawa’s Muridke headquarters still open in Pak

Jamaat-ud-Dawa’s Muridke headquarters still open in PakLahore/Muridke, Dec. 15: The main complex of Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), in Muridke on the outskirts of Lahore, which is linked to last month's terror attack on Mumbai, is still open four days after the UN Security Council placed the group on a terrorist list, The Times has learnt.

Pakistan claims that it ordered the closure of the JuD's facilities on Thursday under pressure from India and the United States, which consider the group a front for Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) - the militant group blamed for the Mumbai attack.

Pak-based terror group opens its gates to protest innocence on Mumbai attacks

Muridke (Pakistan), Dec. 5 : A Pakistani terrorist group blamed for last week’s attack on Mumbai that killed nearly 200 people and injured nearly 300, opened its gates to outsiders and reporters on Thursday in order to protest its innocence.

The Telegraph quoted Abdullah Muntazir, a spokesman of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa, the political wing of the Lashkar-e-Toiba, as saying that he wanted to ''clear up some misconceptions'' about the group’s headquarters and activities, including the Indian Government’s charge that it had masterminded the terrorist attack in Mumbai.