Provinces told to keep banned outfits in check

Interior ministry orders strict compliance with ban on collection of Zakat, donations by proscribed outfits

LAHORE: The Ministry of Interior issued instructions to the provinces on Saturday to keep banned and under-observation organisations under strict surveillance.

According to sources, the ministry has also directed the provinces to ensure that the ban on banned outfits from collecting Zakat, alms or donations was strictly enforced.

The provincial governments have been instructed to inform the public that under the Anti-terrorism Act 1997 and UN Security Council Act 1948, banned organisations could not be provided with any support or financial assistance as it was a crime punishable by imprisonment between five and 10 years and fine.



The sources said the provincial governments had started monitoring these outfits.

The Punjab home department has issued a list of 73 banned and under-observation organisations which include Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan, Jaish-e-Muhammad, Laskhar-e-Taiba, Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan, Tehreek-e-Jafaria Pakistan, Tehreek Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammad, Tehreek-e-Islami, al-Qaeda, Millat-e-Islamia Pakistan, Khuddam-ul-Islam, Islami Tehreek Pakistan, Jamiat-ul-Ansar, Jamaat-ul-Furqan, Hizbul Tehreer, Khair-un-Nas International Trust, Balochistan Liberation Army, Islamic Students Movement of Pakistan, Lashkar-e-Islami, Ansar-ul-Islam, Haji Numdar Group, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, Balochistan Republican Army, Balochistan Liberation Front, Lashkar-e-Balochistan, Balochistan Liberation United Front, Balochistan Musalla Defah Tanzeem, Shia Tulaba Action Committee Gilgit, Markaz Sabeel Organisation Gilgit, Tanzeem Naujawan-e-Ahle Sunnat Gilgit, Peoples Aman Committee Lyari, Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat, al-Harmain Foundation, Rabta Trust, Anjuman-e-Imamia Gilgit-Baltistan, Muslim Students Organization Gilgit, Tanzeem Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat Gilgit, Balochistan Bunyad Parast Party, Tehreek Nifaz-e-Aman, Tahafuz Hududullah, Balochistan Waja Liberation Army, Baloch Republican Party Azad, Balochistan United Army, Islam Mujahideen, Jaish-e-Islam, Balochistan National Liberation Army, Khana-e-Hikmat Gilgit-Baltistan Gilgit, Tehreek-e-Taliban Swat, Tehreek-e-Taliban Mohmand, Tariq Geedar Group, Abdullah Azam Brigade, East Turkmenistan Islamic Movement, Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Islamic  Jihad Union, 313 Brigade, Tehreek-e-Taliban Bajaur, Amar bil Maroof Wa Nahi Anil Munkir (Haji Namdaar Group), Baloch Students organisation Azad, United Baloch Army, Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz, Daesh/ISIL/IS/ISIS, Jamaat ul Ahraar, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Al Almi, Ansar-ul-Hussain, Tehreek-e-Azadi Jammu Kashmir, Jundullah, Al Rahmah Welfare Trust Organisation, Balawaristan National Front (Abdul Hameed Khan Group), Jamaat-ud-Dawa, Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation, Pak-Turk international CAJ Education Foundation, Ghulaman-e-Sahaba, Maymar Trust, al-Akhtar Trust and al-Rasheed Trust.

According to the interior ministry, the government has taken 589 madrassas, schools, dispensaries, hospitals and ambulances belonging to banned groups into its custody.