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3 more religious outfits banned
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By Shaukat Piracha
Published: November 21, 2003
Publication: Daily Times (Pakistan)
ISLAMABAD: The government on Thursday banned another three religious organisations under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
Jamiat-ul-Ansar, Hizb-ul-Tahrir and Jamat-ul-Furqan are the new extremist organizations which have been banned. Jamiat-ul-Ansar is headed by Maulana Fazalur Rehman Khalil, Jamaat-ul-Furqan by Maualna Abdul Jabbar, and Hizb-ul-Tahrir has a Lahore-based spokesman named Naveed Butt.
A handout said these outfits had been proscribed under powers conferred by sub-section 11B read with section 11E of the Anti-Terrorism Act.
Sources in the Ministry of Interior told Daily Times that the accounts of these three organisations had also been frozen, as was done in the case of Millat-e-Islamia, Khudam-ul-Islam and Islami Tehrik Pakistan, which were banned last Saturday following a high-level meeting chaired by President Musharraf. The meeting had also decided to keep Jamaat-ul-Da’awa under surveillance. Sources said the offices of the three extremist organisations banned on Thursday would also be sealed and a strict watch would be kept to prevent their emergence under new names.
“The activists of these organisations would be strictly monitored and they too will have to submit bonds worth Rs 100,000 each so they will not indulge in extremist activities or regroup under new names,” sources said, adding these activists would have to report to their respective police stations before traveling to other districts.
Sources said the three organisations were also discussed at Saturday’s meeting but a final decision was kept pending. Asked about the possibility of more bans, Brigadier Javed Iqbal Cheema, Director General of the National Crisis Management Cell at the Ministry of Interior said the government would keep on monitoring the activities of religious organisations. “The government has resolved to fight against extremism and will not hesitate in banning more organizations, if deemed necessary,” he said.
Click here to read the article on the original site
By Shaukat Piracha
Published: November 21, 2003
Publication: Daily Times (Pakistan)
ISLAMABAD: The government on Thursday banned another three religious organisations under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
Jamiat-ul-Ansar, Hizb-ul-Tahrir and Jamat-ul-Furqan are the new extremist organizations which have been banned. Jamiat-ul-Ansar is headed by Maulana Fazalur Rehman Khalil, Jamaat-ul-Furqan by Maualna Abdul Jabbar, and Hizb-ul-Tahrir has a Lahore-based spokesman named Naveed Butt.
A handout said these outfits had been proscribed under powers conferred by sub-section 11B read with section 11E of the Anti-Terrorism Act.
Sources in the Ministry of Interior told Daily Times that the accounts of these three organisations had also been frozen, as was done in the case of Millat-e-Islamia, Khudam-ul-Islam and Islami Tehrik Pakistan, which were banned last Saturday following a high-level meeting chaired by President Musharraf. The meeting had also decided to keep Jamaat-ul-Da’awa under surveillance. Sources said the offices of the three extremist organisations banned on Thursday would also be sealed and a strict watch would be kept to prevent their emergence under new names.
“The activists of these organisations would be strictly monitored and they too will have to submit bonds worth Rs 100,000 each so they will not indulge in extremist activities or regroup under new names,” sources said, adding these activists would have to report to their respective police stations before traveling to other districts.
Sources said the three organisations were also discussed at Saturday’s meeting but a final decision was kept pending. Asked about the possibility of more bans, Brigadier Javed Iqbal Cheema, Director General of the National Crisis Management Cell at the Ministry of Interior said the government would keep on monitoring the activities of religious organisations. “The government has resolved to fight against extremism and will not hesitate in banning more organizations, if deemed necessary,” he said.
