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Man jailed for a decade over fundraising for JuD
July 27, 2021
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Monday sentenced a man to 10 years in prison after he was found guilty of collecting funds for the proscribed organisation Jamaatud Dawa (JuD).
The ATC-XII judge also imposed a fine of Rs1 million on the convict Muhammad Uzair. In case of defaulting on the fine payment, he will have to undergo imprisonment for an additional two years and six months.
According to the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD), they had arrested Uzair on the basis of an intelligence report, which stated that he had been collecting funds for the proscribed organisation that had been involved in terrorist attacks in the country.