ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The Foreign Office said on Thursday that assets of the banned militant outfit Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) has been frozen.
In her weekly news briefing in Islamabad on Thursday, the Foreign Office Spokesperson Tasneem Aslam said that foreign travel restrictions have been imposed on the organization’s leader Hafiz Saeed.
The spokesperson clarified that Pakistan takes immediate action against the organizations banned by the United Nations sanctions committee. She said that the measures include freezing of their assets and accounts.
“Pakistan took this decision under the UN obligation and not under pressure from any other quarter including John Kerry,” the spokesperson said.
Tasneem Aslam further said that Pakistan is taking action against all terrorist groups without any discrimination.
“Pakistan took this decision under the UN obligation and not under pressure from any other quarter including John Kerry,” the spokesperson said.
Tasneem Aslam further said that Pakistan is taking action against all terrorist groups without any discrimination.
Pakistan has recently taken strict measures as part of the anti-terror national action plan adopted in the wake of the deadly terror attack on the army-run school in Peshawar on December 16.
Earlier, an interior ministry official said that the ministry has included the JuD and the Haqqani network in the list of proscribed outfits, according to Dawn.com.
The official said that the United States had sought a ban on the Haqqani network and the JuD but the matter was being delayed.
However, he added, the attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar by the outlawed Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants caused the government to take action against militant organisation without making a distinction between the good Taliban and the bad Taliban.
The interior ministry has added Harkat-ul-Jihad Islami, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, Falah-i-Insaniat Foundation, Ummah Tameer-i-Nau, Haji Khairullah Hajji Sattar Money Exchange, Rahat Limited, Roshan Money Exchange, Al Akhtar Trust, Al Rashid Trust, Haqqani network and JuD to the list of proscribed organisation.
