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Pakistan scuttles move to ban JuD but leaves dirty secret on web
Pakistan’s interior ministry apparently scuttled a move to outlaw the Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD), a front for the group blamed for the 2008 Mumbai attacks, overruling the country’s key anti-terror authority that had put the so-called charity on a list of “terrorist organisations”.
The National Counter-Terrorism Authority (NACTA) updated its list of banned militant and extremist groups on December 31 but the document was removed from the organisation’s website soon after a visit to Pakistan by US Secretary of State John Kerry in mid-January.
The updated list had 72 organisations, including JuD and its front organisation Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation, which was created after Pakistan imposed some restrictions on JuD after the terrorist assault on Mumbai that killed 166 people.
Twelve groups in the updated list, including the JuD and Haqqani network, were included in keeping with Pakistan’s obligations under UN Security Council Resolution 1267. The UN used this resolution to ban the JuD as a front of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) after the Mumbai attacks.
Days after this list was posted on NACTA’s website, it was removed, sources said. Currently, the site only has a message that says: “Updated website under construction.”
Pakistan’s interior ministry apparently scuttled a move to outlaw the Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD), a front for the group blamed for the 2008 Mumbai attacks, overruling the country’s key anti-terror authority that had put the so-called charity on a list of “terrorist organisations”.
The National Counter-Terrorism Authority (NACTA) updated its list of banned militant and extremist groups on December 31 but the document was removed from the organisation’s website soon after a visit to Pakistan by US Secretary of State John Kerry in mid-January.
The updated list had 72 organisations, including JuD and its front organisation Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation, which was created after Pakistan imposed some restrictions on JuD after the terrorist assault on Mumbai that killed 166 people.
Twelve groups in the updated list, including the JuD and Haqqani network, were included in keeping with Pakistan’s obligations under UN Security Council Resolution 1267. The UN used this resolution to ban the JuD as a front of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) after the Mumbai attacks.
Days after this list was posted on NACTA’s website, it was removed, sources said. Currently, the site only has a message that says: “Updated website under construction.”
