RAWALPINDI: The Punjab government has started the process of taking over seminaries and health facilities run by Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) in Rawalpindi as it has taken control of the Hudabia Madressah on Chakra Road and asked the Auqaf department to assume its administration, according to a report by a private media outlet.
The district administration has also taken control of four dispensaries run by the Falah-i-Insaniat Foundation (FIF) — the charity wing of JuD — located on Chakra Road, Naseerabad, and adjoining areas of the city.
The federal government has barred companies and individuals from giving donations to JuD, FIF and other organisations on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) sanction list.
Last month, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan issued a notification to all companies, prohibiting them from donating money to the entities and individuals listed under the UNSC sanctions committee’s consolidated list.
The UNSC sanctions list includes the names of Al Qaeda, the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, JuD, FIF and Lashkar-e-Taiba.
Action taken after anti-terror law is amended to place a ban on UNSC-listed groups, individuals
After this, the Punjab government started the process of taking control of the seminaries and health facilities run by JuD and FIF in the province. Last Friday, the provincial government directed the Auqaf department to take control of the seminaries.
According to regional administrator of the Auqaf department, the government had appointed a new Khateeb from Alhe-Hadis sect to take care of the seminary where 300 students were enrolled.
He said that a survey had been conducted to check the seminaries run by JuD in other parts of the district as per the list provided by the government.
However, observers believe that it will be a difficult task for the government to take over JuD offices scattered across the country.