ISLAMABAD – The interior ministry on Saturday announced that it has placed10 more organisations on the list of proscribed outfits.
According to a press release issued by the ministry, the action was takenin pursuance of the National Action Plan.
The newest additions to the list of banned outfits are Al Anfal Trust,Lahore; Idara-i-Khidmat Khalaq, Lahore; Al Dawatul Irshad, Lahore; Al HamdTrust, Lahore and Faisalabad; Mosque and Welfare Trust, Lahore; Al MadinahFoundation, Lahore; Muaz bin Jabal Education Trust, Lahore; Al EesarFoundation, Lahore; Al Rehmat Trust Organisation, Bahawalpur and Al FurqanTrust, Karachi.
The entities were designated as proscribed organisations for their allegedaffiliation with banned Jamatud Dawa, Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation andJaish-e-Mohammad.
In March this year, law enforcement agencies had intensified its ongoingcrackdown on JeM, JuD, FIF and other banned outfits, and had arrested morethan 100 activists.
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Nearly 200 seminaries besides hundreds of other facilities and assetsassociated with them across the country were taken over by the government.Most of the facilities were later handed over to the Auqaf department,health and education authorities. At many mosques, prayer leaders werereplaced.
The ongoing operation against the proscribed organisations would continuetill “achievement of objectives” under the National Action Plan of 2014,Minister of State for Interior Shehryar Afridi had declared in a tweet,adding that efforts were being made to accelerate progress on NAP.
The scope of NAP was extended a day after the ministry of interior hadissued a formal notification to ban the JuD and the FIF as well while 44activists of JeM and other outlawed groups, including JeM chief MasoodAzhar’s son and brother, had already been taken into custody.
