ISLAMABAD: The UN Security Council Monitoring Team which was due to arrivein Pakistan this week to monitor the sanctions over the UN designatedterrorists has arrived in Pakistan.

The sanctions monitoring team of United Nations Security Council reachedIslamabad on Wednesday, sources informed Geo News.

The UNSC team will check upon the progress made on sanctions placed onJamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation and other proscribedorganisations.

The foreign office spokesperson declined to give details on the number ofmembers of the team and their scheduled meetings in the federal capital.According to sources, the UN team will be briefed by the officials of theforeign ministry, interior ministry and NACTA officials on the sanctionsimposed by the government on the proscribed Jamat-ud-Dawa.[image: an image]

It emerged on Jan 1, the Pakistani government banned companies andindividuals from making donations to JuD, Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation, andother organisations on the UNSC sanctions list.

According to a notification issued by Securities and Exchange Commission ofPakistan (SECP), all companies have been prohibited from “donating cash tothe entities and individuals listed under the UNSC sanctions committee’sconsolidated list”.

The UNSC sanctions list includes the names of al-Qaeda, Tehreek-e-TalibanPakistan, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, JuD, FiF, Lashkar-e-Taiba and otherorganisations and individuals.