ISLAMABAD:
The government has ruled out the possibility of proscribing Jamaat ud Dawa in the near future, claiming that there is no evidence of the charity organistaion having been formed in place of the outlawed Lashkar e Taiba.
Minister for States and Frontier Region Retd. Gen. Abdul Qadir Baloch told the senate during the question hour on Tuesday that the United Nations Security Council had listed in a resolution the JuD and LeT with a new name, but no supporting evidence had been shared with Pakistan on their connection.
He said the organisation had been under observation in terms of Section 11-D of the Anti-Terrorism Act since Nov 15, 2003 and the provinces had been asked to keep a watch on its activities.
Under Section 11-B, an organisation is proscribed if the federal government has reasons to believe that it is linked to terrorism.
Under the law, the government can place an organisation under observation for six months if it is suspected of being involved in terrorist activities.