Now, Mumbai mastermind Hafiz Saeed opens free ambulance service in futile bid to win legitimacy

While launching a free ambulance service in Karachi, Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, who has been accused of masterminding the Mumbai terror attacks, has reportedly gone on record to say that the organization is only involved in charitable work and it is the "key area" for which it is known across Pakistan.

Saeed made the above statement at the launch ceremony held at the Markaz-i-Taqwa in Gulshan-i-Iqbal and added that the outfit is neither a political party nor has an electoral agenda, reported the Dawn.

The charity wing of the outfit, Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation, would operate a fleet of 15 ambulances in all city districts and the number of vehicles would be increased gradually under the plan.

On being asked if he faced any resistance in any welfare project from the administration, Saeed responded in the negative and said that the group was "widely regarded for its integrity and the benefits it brought to the poor."

He added that he would not "abandon these projects" and accused a "certain class and a certain group" of targeting the outfit for a "certain agenda.