Pakistan interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has said there were legal hurdles in banning Hafiz Mohammed Saeed-led Jamat-ud Dawa (JuD), considered by India to be the patron of the Lashkar-e-Tayy
Pakistan interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has said there were legal hurdles in banning Hafiz Mohammed Saeed-led Jamat-ud Dawa (JuD), considered by India to be the patron of the Lashkar-e-Tayyaba.
“There are some legal issues that are a hurdle in the banning of Jamat-ud Dawa and we are looking into these as a next step. As soon as the JuD is proscribed, it will be automatically included in the 4th Schedule,” the minister said in a policy statement in the Senate.
The Opposition had asked why Jamat-ud Dawa, allegedly the new name of LeT, had not been included in the 4th Schedule meant for banned organisations.
Giving his policy statement in the House, the Pakistan interior minister said the Sharif government, for the first time, had blacklisted the JuD. Mr Khan said his government for the first time had banned international travel by activists of the banned organisations, which had been happening in the past. “We are sharing their data with the banks as well,” he said. He also confirmed that 10 to 15 terrorists had crossed the border for a terrorism act in India and a security threat had been issued in this regard.
The interior minister said some militant organisations were operating radio stations from Afghanistan, whose broadcast could be heard in Pakistan, adding the matter would be taken up with the Afghan authorities. “Daesh (ISIS) radio broadcast in Pakistan is not in my knowledge,” he added.
The Pakistan minister, at the same time, reiterated his country’s earlier stance that Daesh or Islamic State (ISIS) was a Middle East and North African-based organisation whose hierarchy was not present in the country. However, some terrorist groups, whose total number is 40, were using its name, he said.
