LAHORE: The Punjab Home Department has issued a detailed list of banned and unregistered organisations under the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997, warning that providing any financial assistance funding to proscribed groups constitutes a criminal offence. Read More: Home dept warns against donations to unregistered charities In an official statement, the department cautioned citizens that donating zakat, […]
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No major party backs TLP as government enforces second ban
ISLAMABAD – The government’s ban on Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) has left the once-powerful religio-political group isolated, as no major religious or political party has stepped forward to defend it this time. The Interior Ministry on Friday formally notified the ban on TLP, a day after the Punjab government’s proposal was approved by the federal cabinet. […]
Mohsin Naqvi unveils threat assessment centre to counter terrorism
Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi approved the formation of an intelligence coordination and threat assessment centre on Monday. This initiative comes under the National Counter Terrorism Authority (Nacta). Pakistan has faced a rise in terrorist activities, particularly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, since the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ended its ceasefire in November 2022. Naqvi led the […]
Govt to set up 10 regional offices to register seminaries
Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood on Monday said that religious seminaries across the country were being associated with the Ministry of Education, and that 10 regional offices would be opened for the registration of madrassas. Addressing a press conference, he said that unregistered madrassas would be shut down, and added that the government wanted to […]
FATF asks Pakistan to document all gold purchases in country
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has reportedly handed over to Pakistan a new set of recommendations to boost its fight against financial crimes in the country, especially the terror financing. Pakistan is set to submit in the coming days its compliance report to the FATF on the action plan outlined during the last meeting […]
PM Imran approves to reshuffle IB, FBR, NACTA heads
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday approved to reshuffle federal bureaucracy by removing key officials appointed by the previous Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government. Civilian Intelligence Bureau (CIB) head Ehsan Ghani was removed from his position, while Dr Suleman Khan – a grade 22 officer of the Police Service of Pakistan – was appointed […]
The missing strings of Pakistan’s deradicalisation programmes
Deprogramming of a bomb or a missile is possible, but how can an extremist be deprogrammed? Pakistan is currently trying to expand various techniques to de-radicalise individuals. Pakistan is a country regarded by many as the epicentre in the fight against global terrorism. In the backdrop of transnational terrorist ideologies that are trying to influence […]