ISLAMABAD – National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) on Friday listedTehreek-i-Labbaik-Pakistan (TLP) amoung country’s outlawed and bannedorganizations.

The authority said that any funding to the TLP led by Saad Hussain Rizviwill be considered as terror Financing.

Meanwhile, the government has started placing strict restrictions on theparty after declaring it a banned outfit under the terrorism law.

Reports in local media suggest the passports and bank accounts of thecentral party leadership will be blocked as per rule 11-E of theAnti-Terrorism Act 1997.

Arms licenses issued to the group’s leadership and workers will besuspended as well, the Geo News reported, while the State Bank of Pakistanand provincial revenue departments will play their role in freezing theassets of the organisation.

Once these steps are taken, TLP members will not be able to buy or sellland and neither will they be able to access their bank accounts.

Earlier on Thursday, a notification issued by the Ministry of Interior saidthe decision had been taken as the “federal government has reasonablegrounds to believe that Tehreek-e-Labbaik is engaged in terrorism, [has]acted in a manner prejudicial to the peace and security of the country,involved in creating anarchy in the country by intimidating the public.”

The notification states that Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) was engagedin acts that “caused grievous bodily harm, hurt and death to the personnelof law enforcement agencies and innocent bystanders.”

It was also accused of blocking essential health supplies to hospitals “andhas used, threatened, coerced, intimidated and overawed the government, thepublic and created a sense of fear and insecurity in the society and thepublic at large.”

The ban came three days after TLP supporters took to the streets acrossPakistan following the arrest of their leader Saad Hussain Rizvi.