Govt prohibited fundraising as well as social, political, welfare and religious activities on blacklist organization
The Govt of Pakistan issued a list of 72 blacklisted organizations including ncluding Hafiz Saeed’sJamaatudDawa (JuD) and its subsidiary Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation (FIF).
Accordinf to press release by interior ministry the Ministry of Interior released a press release which had the list of all the 72 banned groups, including JuD and FIF (Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation).
Earlier the government announced its plans to act against organisations under watch; police took down a banner of Hafiz Saeed’s charity organisationJamaat-udDawa (JuD) and its subsidiary Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation (FIF).
The government prohibited fundraising as well as social, political, welfare and religious activities being carried by proscribed organisations and individuals despite the ban.
People have been directed to report any suspicious activities from these organisations and forbid any kind of charity.
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) issued a notification prohibiting the collection of donations by the JuD, as well as several other such organisations named in a list of banned outfits in press release.
Defence Minister KhurramDastagir Khan during an interview with BBC Urdu said the government’s crackdown on the JuD and other outfits was linked to the ongoing Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad and was not taken due to mounting pressure from the US.
Last year ministry of Interior has placed names of Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed among 38 others on the Exit Control List, two days after he was placed under house arrest.
Meanwhile, Hafiz Saeed has gone ahead and opened the first political office of Milli Muslim League (MML) in Lahore district last week, ignoring all warnings from the Pakistan government.
Hafiz Saeed, the co-founder of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and chief of JuD, was freed by a Pakistan court after being under house arrest for 297 days. His release was met with global outcry, with the United States asking the Pakistan government to immediately re-arrest and prosecute him.