JuD, FIF properties seized in PoK, Punjab: Pak official
Pak govt cracks down on assets of terror mastermind
Islamabad, March 9: All the properties of Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed’s banned Jamaat- udDawa outfit and its charity arm have been confiscated in PoK and Gilgit- Baltistan while 148 properties were seized in Punjab province during a crackdown on the two organisations, a senior Pakistani official has said.
Interior secretary Arshad Mirza told the Senate Committee on Interior on Thursday that the Islamabad Capital Territory ( ICT) had confiscated three immovable assets of Jamaat- ud- Dawa ( JuD) and F al ah-e-Ins a ni at Foundation ( FIF), including hospitals and dispensaries.
The meeting was presided over by Senator Rehman Malik, the Express Tribune reported.
Mirza told the committee that the humanitarian organisation Pakistan Red Crescent had been directed to take over seven ambulances associated with the two organisations.
Previously, the committee had sought briefing by the ministry of interior and foreign affairs on what measures the government had taken in view of Pakistan’s placement on ‘ grey list’ of the Financial Action Task Force ( FATF).
Mirza informed the panel that the Lashkar- e- Taiba ( LeT), the JuD and the FIF were on the United Nations Security Council’s ( UNSC) sanction list as per its resolution number 1267.
Therefore, Pakistan was supposed to impose sanctions against the three outfits, he said.
The Anti- Terrorism Act ( ATA) was also amended through a presidential order for taking action against the three organisations that had been declared proscribed by the UNSC, he added.
The panel members were also informed that in consultation with multiple stakeholders a checklist was prepared and circulated among the stakeholders for taking action against the JuD and the FIF.
Regarding the action against the proscribed organisations, he said the finance ministry was the lead agency.
While highlighting other measures against these outfits, Mirza said the passports of the persons associated with them had been cancelled, a move that had barred them from flying abroad.