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Pak freezes bank accounts of banned terror groups
Islamabad Nov 24: Pakistan has claimed to have frozen bank accounts of six Jihadi organizations, which were recently banned for their alleged involvement in extremist activities.
Islamabad Nov 24: Pakistan has claimed to have
frozen bank accounts of six Jihadi organizations, which were
recently banned for their alleged involvement in extremist
activities.
Following the ban last week, the Pakistani Finance
Ministry had been informed about the decision to freeze bank
accounts under provisions of the anti-terrorism act, while the
provincial governments had been directed to check the printing
of any publication of the banned terror groups, chairman of
the Interior Ministry's National Crisis Management Cell
Brigadier Javed Cheema said.
"It is obvious that when all activities of these organisations have been banned, printing of their publications has also been prohibited," Cheema was quoted as saying by a local daily here today.
The groups which were banned recently were the renamed versions of the groups that were banned last year, including Islami Tehrik-i-Pakistan (formerly Tehrik-i-Jafaria Pakistan), Millat-i-Islamia Pakistan (formerly Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan), Khuddam-ul-Islam (formerly Jaish-i-Mohammad), Jamiat-ul-Ansar, Hizb-ul-Tehrir and Jamaat-ul-Furqan.
The government had also placed Jamat-ud-Dawa, the parent outfit of Lashkar-e-Toiba on the watch list.
"We have asked the state bank to provide us the details of the frozen bank accounts and I think we would have complete information about it within a couple of days," Cheema said.
Earlier reports said that most of the organisations have withdrawn the money from their accounts well before the government decision to freeze them.
Bureau Report
"It is obvious that when all activities of these organisations have been banned, printing of their publications has also been prohibited," Cheema was quoted as saying by a local daily here today.
The groups which were banned recently were the renamed versions of the groups that were banned last year, including Islami Tehrik-i-Pakistan (formerly Tehrik-i-Jafaria Pakistan), Millat-i-Islamia Pakistan (formerly Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan), Khuddam-ul-Islam (formerly Jaish-i-Mohammad), Jamiat-ul-Ansar, Hizb-ul-Tehrir and Jamaat-ul-Furqan.
The government had also placed Jamat-ud-Dawa, the parent outfit of Lashkar-e-Toiba on the watch list.
"We have asked the state bank to provide us the details of the frozen bank accounts and I think we would have complete information about it within a couple of days," Cheema said.
Earlier reports said that most of the organisations have withdrawn the money from their accounts well before the government decision to freeze them.
Bureau Report