The interior ministry of Pakistan has asked the country's elections overseeing body to ban from politics a new party backed by Islamist Hafiz Saeed, who carries 10 million US dollars bounty on his head for alleged involvement in 2008 terror attacks in India.

Haroon Shinwari, a spokesman at the Election Commission of Pakistan, said Friday that they will assess the status of Milli Muslim League party next month, the Associated Press reported. 

"Yes, they did mention it, it has links with the organization which you are naming (referring to rebel group Lashkar-e-Taiba) that it has links, so it shall not be registered," Shinwari said.

The Milli Muslim League party is led by Saifullah Khalid, a friend of Saeed, who is the founder of the Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group.

"The case is subjudice, we have fixed 11th October is the judgement day for hearing this case, the Election Commission of Pakistan would hear the case and would decide the fate of this Milli Muslim league party which is not yet registered," he said. 

India accuses Saeed of links to the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks that killed 160 people, and he has been designated a terrorist by the US government.

Saeed is currently under house arrest in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore.