National
December 23, 2020
LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) Tuesday convicted a leader of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) in a case of terror financing and terrorism.
The ATC judge awarded 15 years and six months jail term to Malik Zafar Iqbal in a case [FIR No 21/19], registered against him by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD).
As per details, on July 3, 2019, the top 13 leaders of the JuD were booked in more than two dozen cases for terror-financing and money laundering under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) 1997. The Counterterrorism Department (CTD), which registered the cases in five cities of Punjab, declared that the JuD was financing terrorism from the massive funds, collected through non-profit organisations and trusts including Al-Anfaal Trust, Dawatul Irshad Trust, Muaz Bin Jabal Trust, etc.