New Political Party, Linked to Mumbai Attacks Mastermind Hafiz Saeed's Banned Outfit, Joins Pak Polls

Saeed, who has been incarcerated in a jail in Lahore, has been sentenced to a total of 31 years by Pakistan's anti-terrorism courts in several cases of financing terrorism.

He was on December 10, 2008, included in the list of 'global terrorists' by the UN.

On December 29 last year, India asked Pakistan to extradite Saeed, who is wanted by Indian probe agencies in several terror cases.

India has also taken note of reports of Saeed's son Talha contesting elections in Pakistan and said the "mainstreaming" of radical terror outfits in the neighbouring country is nothing new and that it has been part of its State policy for a long time.