Six arrested for collecting funds for banned groups

Author: Agencies

Police on Saturday arrested six people for allegedly collecting funds for two banned organisations. Muhammad Ashraf, an official with the police’s counterterrorism department, said that the arrests were part of a crackdown against terror financing in the province. He said those arrested were raising money for Jaish-e-Muhammed and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, but did not disclose the amount of money recovered. Jaish-e-Muhammed had claimed responsibility for a deadly suicide attack in the Indian-held Kashmir. The bombing sharply raised tensions between India and Pakistan and brought the two nuclear rivals to the brink of war. The leader of Jaish-e-Muhammed was added to the United Nations’ sanctions blacklist earlier this month. Lashkar-e-Jhangvi has been involved in the killing of minority members.