Islamabad, Oct 15: A Pakistan-based charity today denied any connection to al-Qaeda after the united states designated it a terrorist support organisation and announced it had frozen its assets. "We have no links or connections with any terrorist organisation or network in Pakistan, Afghanistan or elsewhere," Zahid Ahmed, a director of the al Khtar Trust told a news agency . Ahmed said his organisation's accounts had been frozen by Pakistan's central bank in may on allegations of terrorism connections, and have since been restored after al Akhtar appealed to the provincial Sindh High Court.
"Our accounts were frozen, but the Sindh High Court has restored them and soon we will be able to operate them again," he said.
Treasury secretary john snow yesterday announced in Washington that the us had frozen its assets after designating it a supporter of terrorists. Bureau Report