] by people with links to the founder of the banned terrorist group Lashkar-e-Tayiba, Hafiz Muhammad Saeed.
    Hurriyat leaders, led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, were on their way to the reception on Wednesday night when a top government official asked them not to attend the event "hosted on the platform of the Jamaat-ud-Dawah", the new organisation set up by Saeed after the LeT was banned.
    The Hurriyat team was "barred from the reception only to avoid annoying Western quarters and Delhi," sources said.
Full Story: Lashkar shadow keeps Hurriyat team off function in Lahore
    Hurriyat leaders, led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, were on their way to the reception on Wednesday night when a top government official asked them not to attend the event "hosted on the platform of the Jamaat-ud-Dawah", the new organisation set up by Saeed after the LeT was banned.
    The Hurriyat team was "barred from the reception only to avoid annoying Western quarters and Delhi," sources said.
Full Story: Lashkar shadow keeps Hurriyat team off function in Lahore
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