Pakistan has frozen the bank accounts of more than 5,000 suspected terrorists, depriving them of over Rs30 million, after the deadly 2014 Peshawar school massacre, an official said on Saturday.
“Pakistan has vigorously followed the extremists by freezing their bank accounts, suspending their identity cards and targeting them through operations,” an official of the Interior Ministry told PTI.
He said coordinated actions were started after the 20-point National Action Plan (NAP) was adopted following the Peshawar school attack which left over 150 people dead, mostly students.
“Point 6 of the NAP provides for ‘choking financing of terrorist and terrorist organisations’ in the country,” he said.
The Government has frozen accounts of more than 5,000 suspects, depriving them of more than Rs30 million.
“We are further tightening the noose around illegal financing of any kind of violent activity,” he said.