ISLAMABAD:
The role of the country’s intelligence agencies and a policy of patronising selected proscribed groups came under discussion in the upper house of parliament on Wednesday as the government announced that it had put Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) charity of Hafiz Saeed on a list of ‘suspected’ organisations, according to local media reports.
“The JuD has been put on the list of suspected organisations and appropriate action will be taken against it if it (the organisation) is found involved in any activity other than charity work,” State Minister for Interior Baleeghur Rehman told senators, reportedly.
He reminded the house that the JuD was banned in 2008 and later in 2010 had been allowed to continue its charity work following a Lahore High Court ruling, sources further revealed.
“However, the ministry of interior was monitoring its activities,” he added.
PPP Senator Farhatullah Babar had raised the issue, saying permitting banned outfits to resurrect under different names ostensibly as charity organisations undermined the state’s credibility in fighting militancy.
