ISLAMABAD – Islamabad police on Wednesday registered a first informationreport (FIR) against the display of a banner in a mosque requestingdonations for the Jamaatud Dawa’s (JuD) charity wing, theFalaah-i-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF).
The FIR against the display of the FIF banner at a mosque in Ghouri Townwas registered at the Koral police station under Section 188 of thePakistan Penal Code, which pertains to disobedience to order dulypromulgated by a public servant.
The banner appealed for donations to the foundation, which is listed by theUnited Nations Security Council’s (UNSC) sanctions committee as anaffiliate of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and JuD.
Incidentally, the FIF is a recognised entity in the country, registered asa welfare organisation in Lahore under the The Cooperative Societies Act1925. According to FIF officials, it also operates a bank account andconducts an annual audit, which is a public document.ARTICLE CONTINUES AFTER AD
Earlier this week, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan issueda notificationlink>prohibitingall registered companies from donating cash to entities and individualslisted under a consolidated list of banned organisations issued by the UNSCsanctions committee, on January 1.
The notification issued by the corporate sector regulator stated that thegovernment of Pakistan had already prescribed a penalty of up to Rs10million for any entities that did not comply with this sanctions regime.