The National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) has, through a letter to the Interior Ministry, recommended that the Jamaatul Ahrar (JuA) and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi al Alami (LeJ-A) are added to the list of proscribed organisations.
“Nacta has recommended Jamaatul Ahrar (JuA) and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi al Alami (LJ-A) to be included in the list of proscribed organisations,” detailed the letter drafted by the NACTA.
Jamaatul Ahrar (JuA) was formed as a result of split in Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan in August 2014. It had been involved in various terror attacks in Pakistan which included military, law enforcement agencies, government buildings, lawyers, and religious and ethnic minorities.
It has carried a number of attacks in Pakistan against military personnel, law-enforcement agencies (LEAs), government buildings, politicians, religious minorities and lawyers.
The banned Jamaatul Ahrar was the master-mind behind the attack on lawyers in Quetta on August 8 which claimed 70 lives.
In August, the US State Department designated JuA as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs).
The list of banned or proscribed organisations by Ministry of Interior would reach the figure of 63, as 61 groups were already included in the list of banned outfits.
NACTA has also recommended Lashkar-e-Jhangvi al Alami (LeJ-A) to be placed in the list of proscribed terrorist organisations.
The group claimed responsibility of attacking Police Training Academy in Quetta on October 25 in which 61 cadets were killed.
Lashkar-i-Jhangvi al Alami is a splinter group of banned Lashar-i-Jhangvi (LeJ) involved in sectarian violence in Pakistan, particularly in Quetta and Karachi.
