Al Rashid trust, one of the Pakistan-based organisations which was recently banned by the US for its alleged links with Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden, has said it would challenge the American decision in the International Court of Justice at Hague. Claiming that it has no links with any sort of terrorism, the in-charge of the trust, Mohammad Arshad said his organisation has appealed to the Pakistan government to de-freeze its accounts and said it planned to go to the International Court of Justice to contest the American ban. Despite the ban, the organisation was still operating in Pakistan and all its offices were open and volunteers working for the welfare of the Muslims, Arshad was quoted as saying by daily 'Dawn'.
The trust claims to distribute bread daily to over three lakh displaced persons inside Afghanistan. Pakistan's foreign office spokesman Riaz Mohammad Khan said on Wednesday Islamabad would ask the US government to furnish details of the trust's involvement in terrorist activities.
Al Rashid was banned by US along with Pakistan-based militant group, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen for having links with bin Laden.
Bureau Report