Marked “secret”, a December 19 document from the Finance Ministry directed law enforcement and governments in Pakistan’s five provinces to submit an action plan by Dec 28 for a “takeover” of Saeed’s two charities, JUD and FIF. 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 by the provincial governments. Punjab’s provincial government had put Saeed under house arrest for 10 months this year for violating anti-terrorism laws.

Source: Pakistan Today January 01, 2018 10:52 UTC