ISLAMABAD: The outlawed Khana-e-Hikmat, the publication and research organization of Nasiruddin Hunzai, a religious leader from Hunza who is settled in Canada, is among 700 individuals and groups whose accounts have been frozen, according to ministry of interior.
The federal government has released the list of these organisations and extremists. Most of them belong to the Punjab. According to reports, the government of Pakistan banned Hunzai’s organization early this year under the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1997 for its link with terror organizations in the country and abroad. A notification issued by the ministry and dispatched to all provinces and Gilgit-Baltistan said all bank accounts of the organization should also be frozen with immediate effect.
The ministry said the operation of the organization, especially in Gilgit-Baltistan, was against the interest of the country. With the issuance of the notification, the possibility of further action against the outlawed organization like raids on its offices has increased. The federal government sent fresh circulars to the home departments of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh, Balochistan and Punjab for action against extremists. It says some branches of the banned organisations and groups have been working with different names although the government had banned 60 organisations. This is a brazen violation of the law.
The government has warned that the banned outfits and their branches are not allowed to work under any name whatsoever and the provincial governments should initiate necessary steps in this regard. It says movements to and from different cities and towns of individuals having contacts with extremists should be kept under surveillance. Sources say names of those 700 individuals whose accounts have been frozen due to maintaining contacts and providing resources to banned outfits have been included in the red book of the federal government.
The federal government is to take important decisions on Monday after reviewing the National Security Policy (NSP) prepared by the Interior Ministry and security agencies. The first part of the NSP will be strategic in nature, the second one operational, and the third will be secret. In the secret part of the draft NSP, framing of new laws will be suggested against those providing assistance in securing their financial resources.
A new mechanism has been evolved in the NPS to promote cooperation among intelligence organs of the federal and provincial governments. This includes forfeiture of moveable and immovable assets of those included in the red book. The Fata Secretariat has been directed to stiffen the surveillance system and to tighten the noose around those involved in extortion, abductions for ransom, terrorism and other grave crimes. List of terrorist organisations
Organizations and the dates of their proscription
1. 313 Brigade 15 Mar 2013 2. Abdullah Azzam Brigade 15 Mar 2013 3. Ahl-e-Sunnat Wal Jamat (ASW)15 Feb 2012 4. Al Harmain Foundation (AHF)06 Mar 2013 5. Al-Qaeda 17 Mar 2013 6. Amar bil Maroof Wa Nahi Anil Munkir (Haji Namdar GP) 15 Mar 2013 7. Anjuman-e-Islamia Gilgit Baltistan (AIGB) 24 Apr 2012 8. Ansar-ul-Islam 30 June 2008 9. Balochistan Republican Party Azad (BRPA) 04 Aug 2002 10. Balochistan Student Organization Azad (BSO-A) 15 Mar 2013 11. Balochistan Bunyad Parast Army (BBPA) 04 Aug 2012 12. Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) 07 Apr 2006 13.
Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) 08 Sep 2010 14. Balochistan Liberation United Front (BLUF) 08 Sep 2010 15. Musalla Defah Tanzeem (BMDT) 08 Sep 2010 16. Balochistan National Liberation Army (BNLA) 04 Aug 2012 17. Balochistan Republican Army (BRA) 08 Sep 2010 18. Balochistan United Army (BUA) 04 Aug 2012 19. Balochistan Waja Liberation Army (BWLA) 04 Aug 2012 20. East Turkmenistan Islamic Movement (ETIM) 15 Mar 2013 21. Haji Namder Group 30 June 2008 22. Hizb-ul-Tehrir 20 Nov 2003 23. Islam Mujahidin (IM) 04 Aug 2012 24. Islami Tehreek Pakistan (Ex ITP) 15 Nov 2003 25. Islami Jehad Union (IJU) 15 Mar 2013 26. Islami Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) 15 Mar 2013 27. Islami Students Movement of Pakistan 21 Aug 2006 28. Jeish-e-Islam (JeI) 04 Aug 2012 29. Jesh-e-Muhammad (JM) 14 Jan 2002 30. Jamiat-ul-Ansar 20 Nov 2003 31. Jamiat-ul-Furqn 20 Nov 2003 32. Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM) 15 Mar 2013 33. Khair-un-Nas International Trust 27 Oct 2004 34. Khana-Hikmat, 13 Mar 2013 35. Khuddam-ul-Islam (Ex JM) 15 Nov 2003 36. Lashkar-e-Balochistan (Leb) 08 Sep 2010 37.
Lashkar-e-Islam 30 June 2008 38. Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LJ) 13 Aug 2001 39. Lashkar-e-Tayyaba (LT) 14 Jan 2002 40. Markaz Sabeel Organization, Gilgit 10 Oct 2011 41. Millat-e-Islamia Pakistan (Ex SSP) 15 Nov 2003 42. Muslim Students Organization (MSO) Gilgit Baltistan 24 Apr 2012 43. Peoples Aman Committee (Lyari), Karachi 10 Oct 2011 44. Rabita Trust (BT) 06 Mar 2012 45. Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan (SMP) 14 Aug 2001 46. Shia Tulaba Action Committee, Gilgit 10 Oct 2011 47. Sipah-eSahaba Pakistan (SSP) 14 Jan 2002 48. Tahafuz Hadudullah (TH) 04 Aug 2012 49. Tanzeem Ahl-e-Sunnat Wal Jamat, Gilgit, Baltistan 05 June 2012 50.
Tanzeem Naujawann-e-Sunnat (TNA), Gilgit 10 Oct 2011 51. Tariq Geedar Group (TGG) 15 Mar 2013 52. Tehreek Nafaz-e-Aman (TNA) 04 Aug 2012 53. Tehreek-e-Islami 14 Jan 2002 54. Tehreek-e-Jaafria Pakistan (TJP) 14 Jan 2002 55. Tehreek-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi (TNSM) 14 Jan 2002 56. Tehreek-e-Taliban Bajaur (TTB) 15 Mar 2013 57. Tehreek-e-Taliban Mohammad (TTM) 15 Mar 2013 58. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) 25 Aug 2008 59. Tehreek-e-Taliban Swat (TTS) 15 Mar 2013 60. United Baloch Army (UBA) 15 Mar 2013.
Right step in the right direction.