The December 19th document, which refers to “Financial Action Task Force (FATF) issues”, names only Saeed’s two charities and “actions to be taken” against them. The JuD and FIF alone have about 50,000 volunteers and hundreds of other paid workers, according to two counter-terrorism officials. The December 19th document gave few details about how the state would take over Saeed’s charities, pending the plans submitted from the provincial governments. In August, JuD officials formed a new political party, the Milli Muslim League, and backed candidates who fared relatively strongly in two key parliamentary by-elections. Punjab’s provincial government had put Saeed under house arrest for 10 months this year for violating anti-terrorism laws.

Source: The Express Tribune January 01, 2018 10:40 UTC