New Delhi, Mar 12: Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM) and Harkat-ul-Ansar (HUA), who are active militant organisations in Jammu and Kashmir, have renamed themselves as Khaddamul Islam and Jamiatul Ansar respectively. According to reports in the Pakistani Urdu daily "Khaberen", both the organisations have presumed preaching and organisational work for restoring all the former provincial and district units.
The report said that at the central level, Maulana Farooq Kashmiri and Fazlur Rehman Khalil would continue to remain as chief and secretary general of Jamiat-ul-Ansar. However, it reported that Maulana Masood Azhar has been kept away from Khaddamul Islam and his role would be confined only to consultations.
Maulana Abdullah Shah Mazhar, a Karachi-based cleric, will be the chief of new JEM outfit while Maulana Abdul Raof, younger brother of Maulana Masood Azhar, would be assisting him, the newspaper reported. Bureau Reoprt