Close X
Sunday, November 24, 2024
ADVT 
International

Pakistan Police told to watch JuD fundraising

IANS, 30 Jul, 2016 12:51 PM
    Police in Pakistan have been told to act against the outlawed Jamaat-ud-Dawa Pakistan (JuD), linked to the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, for fundraising, it was reported on Friday.
     
    The Punjab Home Department on Wednesday issued the directive to the police after becoming aware that the JuD was engaged in illegal fundraising via its charity collection wing Falah-e-Insayat Foundation (FeF).
     
    The JuD, headed by Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, is accused by India of masterminding the Mumbai terror attack that killed 166 people. It is also on the UN watch list, Dawn online reported.
     
    The Home Department has demanded details of the fundraising by the JuD and other proscribed groups as fundraising is against the Pakistan law. 
     
    According to the directive, JuD is making efforts to collect funds through different kinds of charity. 
     
    It said its members were more active during Ramadan and distributed pamphlets, put up posters at various locations inviting people to donate charity money, Dawn online said.
     
    A senior police official said the step should have been taken earlier and that the Punjab government had been reluctant to act against religious parties without concrete reason.
     
    The JuD's Falah-e-Insayat Foundation (FeF) has been blacklisted by the US State Department, which has described it as an "alias" of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), which is already on its list of "foreign terrorist organisations".

    MORE International ARTICLES

    UK Woman, 60, Wins Petition To Use Dead Daughter's Eggs To Give Birth

    UK Woman, 60, Wins Petition To Use Dead Daughter's Eggs To Give Birth
    A 60-year-old woman in the UK who wants to use her dead daughter's frozen eggs to give birth to her own grandchild today won a Court of Appeal battle.

    UK Woman, 60, Wins Petition To Use Dead Daughter's Eggs To Give Birth

    Body Of Man Found In Debris Field Of Mississauga, Ont., House Explosion: Police

    TORONTO — Police say the body of a man has been found in the debris field of a house explosion west of Toronto — the second body found since Tuesday's blast.

    Body Of Man Found In Debris Field Of Mississauga, Ont., House Explosion: Police

    Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard Launches Campaign For Diwali Stamp In US

    Tulsi Gabbard, the first Hindu to be elected to the US Congress, has launched a signature campaign to ask the country's postal service to issue a stamp for recognising Diwali as a special day.

    Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard Launches Campaign For Diwali Stamp In US

    4 Indian-Americans Honoured With Great Immigrants Award

    4 Indian-Americans Honoured With Great Immigrants Award
    Four Indian-Americans, including Google CEO Sunder Pichai and McKinsey's Chairman of the Americas Vikram Malhotra, are among 42 eminent professionals honoured with a prestigious immigrants' award for their role in strengthening the country and its democratic society.

    4 Indian-Americans Honoured With Great Immigrants Award

    Indian-Origin BBC Reporter Sima Kotecha Faces Racist Abuse In UK

    Indian-Origin BBC Reporter Sima Kotecha Faces Racist Abuse In UK
    Sima Kotecha was reporting on the aftermath of the June 23 referendum from the town of Basingstoke when she heard someone saying "Paki", a racist term used for South Asian origin migrants in the UK.

    Indian-Origin BBC Reporter Sima Kotecha Faces Racist Abuse In UK

    Indian-Origin Dentist Banned For Having Affair With Married Patient In UK

    Indian-Origin Dentist Banned For Having Affair With Married Patient In UK
    Dr Parag Patel's case came up before a UK General Dental Council (GDC) misconduct hearing this week over his conduct with the female patient, referred to only as Patient 1.

    Indian-Origin Dentist Banned For Having Affair With Married Patient In UK