 Hafiz Mohammad Saeed founded Lashkar-e-Taiba
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Pakistan has put the founder of an Islamic militant group accused of having links to the Mumbai attacks under house arrest.
Cleric Hafiz Mohammad Saeed set up the group Lashkar-e-Taiba, which India says planned and carried out the attacks.
Pakistan is also closing offices of Mr Saeed's Jamaat-ud-Dawa charity, after it was put on a UN blacklist.
Pakistan has denied any involvement in the attacks, which killed at least 170 in Mumbai (Bombay) last month.
Pakistan's Interior Ministry told the BBC that Jamaat-ud-Dawa buildings would be shut across the country immediately.
Hours before he was placed under house arrest, Mr Saeed told the BBC that he had broken links with Lashkar-e-Taiba.
He also vigorously denied claims that he had connections with the Mumbai attackers.
"We don't have any office [that] develops terrorists, do terrorist activities. I preach religion," he said.
UN pressure
Mr Saeed's spokesman, Abdullah Montazir, told Reuters news agency that police had encircled Mr Saeed's home in Lahore and told him he could not leave.
"They have told him detention orders will be formally served to him shortly," he said.
Earlier, Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani promised Pakistan would comply with a UN Security Council demand to list Jamaat-ud-Dawa as a terrorist group.
