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Jaish, Lashkar change names to avoid freezing of assets
To avoid trouble over freezing of their assets by the US, two terrorist outfits, Jaish-e-Mohammad and Lashkar-e-Toiba, which are suspected to be involved in the attack on Parliament House, are reported to have changed their names, according to the Pakistani media.
To avoid trouble over freezing of their assets by the US, two terrorist outfits, Jaish-e-Mohammad and Lashkar-e-Toiba, which are suspected to be involved in the attack on Parliament House, are reported to have changed their names, according to the Pakistani media.
While Jaish-e-Mohammad has changed its nomenclature to 'Al Furqan', Lashkar-e-Toiba has renamed itself to 'Pasban-i- Ahle Hadith', the reports said.
Both the outfits have changed their names following their inclusion in the US state department's terrorist watchlist and visa negative list, the 'Dawn' said in a report.
The report said that Jaish-e-Mohammad, led by Maulana Masood Azhar who was let off by India in exchange for the passengers of the hijacked Indian airlines plane in Kandahar in december 1999, was renamed in a document of the 'Muttahida Jihad Council' (MJC), an umbrella body of Kashmiri militant outfits.
When asked to identify Al Furqan mentioned in the list of the MJC members, a spokesman for the council told Dawn that it was Jaish's new name. He said the name was changed following the Jaish's placement on US state department's terrorist watchlist, the report said.
Bureau Report
While Jaish-e-Mohammad has changed its nomenclature to 'Al Furqan', Lashkar-e-Toiba has renamed itself to 'Pasban-i- Ahle Hadith', the reports said.
Both the outfits have changed their names following their inclusion in the US state department's terrorist watchlist and visa negative list, the 'Dawn' said in a report.
The report said that Jaish-e-Mohammad, led by Maulana Masood Azhar who was let off by India in exchange for the passengers of the hijacked Indian airlines plane in Kandahar in december 1999, was renamed in a document of the 'Muttahida Jihad Council' (MJC), an umbrella body of Kashmiri militant outfits.
When asked to identify Al Furqan mentioned in the list of the MJC members, a spokesman for the council told Dawn that it was Jaish's new name. He said the name was changed following the Jaish's placement on US state department's terrorist watchlist, the report said.
Bureau Report