Defunct Jamaat-ut-Dawaah (JuD) on Friday alleged that some government departments termed them a banned outfit on pressure from the United Nations whereas the organisation was freely working for the welfare of the country.
“The UN is not a neutral body; it has no credibility and the JuD is a Pakistan-based civil society organization, which has no links with terrorists and is just serving the needy people,” said JuD leader Abdur Rahman Makki, addressing a press conference at National Press Club here. He said the Lahore High Court bench comprising three judges had lifted the ban on JuD, adding that theirs was a lawful organisation which was allowed by Supreme Court (SC) to participate in humanitarian work.
The JuD leader also announced to dispatch ten trucks of relief goods worth Rs60 million for the flood affected people of Sindh. He said that it was not the time to discuss non-issues including the political point scoring and everybody should work for the flood victims. He said the floods and rains had caused huge devastation in Sindh but the affluent people were not paying heed to the call for victims’ help.
“The flood victims are in great need of food, clean drinking water and other basic health facilities. They even cannot cook their food, that’s why the JuD was providing them cooked meal. Our relief work would continue until after the Eid al-Adha,” Makki said. He said the floods destroyed 29,000 villages and at least 1.4 million houses. He claimed that the JuD had shifted 23,000 people to safer places.
He said that despite facing multiple problems the JuD had established its various relief camps in Sindh.
‘JuD not a banned outfit, it is working for welfare of the poor’
