Pakistan arrests ex-leader of Islamic militant group

Pakistan said today it had arrested the outspoken former leader of a militant Islamic group accused by India of helping orchestrate an attack on its Parliament that has taken the two countries to the brink of hostilities.

Hafiz Saeed, until last week the leader of Lashkar-e-Tayyaba, was charged with making inflammatory speeches and inciting people to violence, the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) reported. It quoted official sources in the government.