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FATF to question Islamabad on LeT, JuD and JeM funding
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Pakistan has convicted a few individuals on terrorism financing charges and have given them concurrent sentences, instead of cumulative sentences while ignoring their involvement in major terrorist cases and overlooking prosecution in the majority of cases.
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NEW DELHI: The FATF plenary meeting which begins on Monday is expected to examine Pakistan’s representatives on funding of proscribed groups Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jamat-ud-Dawa and Jaish-e-Mohammed and affiliates. Islamabad’s response will have a bearing on its continuance in the grey list of the anti-terror watchdog.
ET has learnt that Pakistan’s prospects of exiting the grey list are limited, given the unchecked fund-raising activities of LeT, JuD, JeM and affiliates. Their recent social media posts reveal an alarming trend of open activity, including fundraising, promotion of ‘jihad’ and training, according to persons tracking ac
An anti-terrorism court on Tuesday convicted three persons for leading an angry mob to besiege a gurdwara in Nankana Sahib following a disputed marriage of a Sikh girl with a Muslim boy last year. Creative Commons/File
LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Tuesday convicted three persons for leading an angry mob to besiege a gurdwara in Nankana Sahib following a disputed marriage of a Sikh girl with a Muslim boy last year.
Presiding Judge Ijaz Buttar handed down two-year imprisonment to Imran Chishti along with a fine of Rs10,000 while six-month each to Muhammad Salman and Muhammad Ahmad. The judge acquitted five other suspects for want of evidence.
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