26/11 Mastermind Hafiz Saeed Booked in Pak for Terror Financing

THE QUINT
JULY 04, 2019

Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief and 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed along with 12 of his close associates were booked by the Pakistan’s Punjab Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) in 23 cases of terrorism financing.

The cases have been registered in Lahore, Gujranwala and Multan for collection of funds for terrorism financing through assets made in names of Non-Profit Organisations, including Al-Anfal Trust, Dawat ul Irshad Trust, etc.

CTD in its statement said, “Hafiz Saeed of JuD and other leaders were booked in cases of terrorism financing.” “They made these assets from funds of terrorism financing. They held and used these assets to raise more funds for further terrorism financing. They will be prosecuted in Anti Terrorism Courts for commission of these offences,” it said.

However, the government sources on Thursday said that it is important that the action is irreversible and verifiable. “We have seen this 'action' before. It is Important that the action is irreversible and verifiable,” ANI reported quoting government sources. This move comes amidst growing global pressure on Islamabad to act against militant groups launching deadly attacks in India, PTI reported.

Cases were registered under the Anti-Terrorism Act against five proscribed outfits in Lahore, Gujranwala, and Multan – Dawatul Irshad Trust, Moaz Bin Jabal Trust, Al Anfal Trust, Al Madina Foundation Trust, and Al Hamd Trust. In a statement, Pakistan’s counter terrorism department said that LeT-linked charities, Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and Falah-i-Insaniat Foundation (FIF), were also targeted. Officials have told media that the assets of these organisations and individuals will be frozen and taken over by the state.

The Hafiz Saeed-led JuD is believed to be the front organisation for the Lashkar-e-Taiba which is responsible for carrying out the Mumbai attacks in 2008 that killed scores of people. It had been declared as a foreign terrorist organisation by the US in June 2014.

This comes after the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), on Friday 21 June, had warned Pakistan that if it fails to complete its action plan on terror financing, the country will face action, which could possibly lead to the country’s blacklisting.

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) had then urged Pakistan to comply with the FATF warning, however Pakistan had accused India of using the warning for its own “narrow, partisan objectives” against it.

Earlier in March, the United Nations had rejected Saeed’s appeal to remove his name from its list of banned terrorists.

Saeed, chief of UN-designated terrorist organisation Jammat-ud-Dawa (JuD), was banned on 10 December 2008 by the United Nations Security Council after the 26/11 Mumbai attacks in which 166 people were killed.

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