The interior ministry on Saturday placed 10 more organisations on the list of proscribed outfits, according to a press release issued by the ministry.
The newest additions to the list of banned outfits are Al Anfal Trust (Lahore), Idara-i-Khidmat Khalaq (Lahore), Al Dawatul Irshad (Lahore), Al Hamd Trust (Lahore and Faisalabad), Mosque and Welfare Trust (Lahore), Al Madinah Foundation (Lahore), Muaz bin Jabal Education Trust (Lahore), Al Eesar Foundation (Lahore), Al Rehmat Trust Organisation (Bahawalpur) and Al Furqan Trust (Karachi).
The entities were designated as proscribed organisations for their alleged affiliation with banned Jamatud Dawa (JuD), Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation (FiF) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM). According to the ministry statement, the action was taken in pursuance of the National Action Plan (NAP).
In February this year, during a meeting of the high-powered National Security Committee (NSC), the government had decided to ban the JuD and FIF and launch crackdown on JeM, which was banned in 2002 by then military ruler General Pervez Musharraf. In March, the law enforcement agencies intensified ongoing crackdown on JeM, JuD, FIF and other banned outfits, and arrested more than 100 activists. Nearly 200 seminaries besides hundreds of other facilities and assets associated with them across the country were also taken over by the government. Most of the facilities were later handed over to the Auqaf department, health and education authorities. At many mosques, prayer leaders were replaced.
