Pakistan has ruled out the possibility of banning Jamaat-ud Dawah led by Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed, claiming that there is no evidence to link it with terrorism and the outlawed lashkar-e-Toiba.
Minister for States and Frontier Region retired Gen Abdul Qadir Baloch said the UN Security Council had in a resolution listed the JuD as leT with a new name, but no supporting evidence had been shared with Pakistan to establish the connection, Dawn reported. He was speaking in the Senate on behalf of Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan during the question hour.
Baloch said the JuD had been under observation of authorities in terms of Section 11-D of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) since November 15, 2003 and will be only proscribed if a report confirming its involvement in terrorism is received under Section 11-B of the ATA.