Lahore: Jamaat-ud-Dawah, led by Mumbai
attacks mastermind Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, has been included in
an official circular of organisations that Pakistani security
agencies have to keep an eye on during the upcoming festival
of Eid-ud-Zuha.
An official circular issued recently by the interior
ministry directed police to maintain a watch on several groups
including the JuD and the LeT, and to prevent their members
from collecting hides of slaughtered animals. The JuD, though,
is yet to be formally banned by the government.
Such groups collect thousands of hides that are later
sold to raise funds.
The other militant groups named in the circular are
Lashker-e-Taiba, Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Shariah Muhammadi, Hizbut
Tehrir, Kharunas International Trust and Tehrik-e-Taliban
Pakistan.
The Sunni Tehrik has been placed under observation,
officials said.
The Interior Ministry directed law enforcement agencies
to bar these the groups from collecting hides during Eid,
which will be celebrated on November 28.
"There is a dire need of monitoring the banned
organisations, especially those working with new names," the
ministry said.
PTI
First Published: Saturday, November 21, 2009, 17:03