Islamabad, Nov 15: Pakistan today banned Khadam-e-Islam, the new Jehadi outfit which replaced Jaish-e-Muhammad terror group along with two other sectarian outfits and put Jamat-ud-Dawa, the sister organisation of the banned Lahkar-e-Taiba on the watch list. The decision to ban Khadam-e-Islam led by Jaish-e-Muhammad founder Maulana Masood Azhar and the sectarian outfits including Milat Islamia, a Sunni militant group, was taken at a high level law and order meeting attended by President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali tonight, official media reports here said. Following the ban Pakistan police conducted raids on several offices of the outfits.
Musharraf banned Jaish and Lashkar last year, but the organisations resurfaced with different names and functioned openly.
Bureau Report