PESHAWAR – The Pakistan government has proscribed the organisations thatthe United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has put on the terrorist list

President Mamnoon Hussain on Sunday issued an ordinance amending theAnti-Terrorism Actto declare as terrorist the organisations sanctioned bythe UNSC.

As a result of the ordinance, approved by the president and issued by theLaw Ministry, the government will be able to take action against theseorganisations.

A special UNSC team visited Pakistan last month to assess theimplementation of sanctions on Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), Falah-i-InsaniyatFoundation (FIF) and other proscribed outfits.

Meanwhile, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) saidcompanies had been barred from donating cash to the entities andindividuals listed under the UNSC sanctions committee’s consolidated list.

The list includes Al-Qaeda, Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, Lashkar-i-Jhangvi,JuD, FiF, Lashkar-i-Taiba and other organisations and individuals.