ISLAMABAD: Punjab Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on Wednesday said that Jama’t-ud-Dawa’s Hafiz Saeed and others have been booked in cases of terror financing. Similarly, large scale investigations have been launched into matters of JuD, LeT and FIF regarding their holding and use of trusts to raise funds for terrorism financing. They made these assets from funds of terrorism financing and held and used these assets to raise more funds for further terrorism financing. Hence, they committed multiple offenses of terrorism financing and money laundering under the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997. These assets/NPOs have already been taken over by the government in compliance with the UN’s sanctions, concluded the CTD spokesman.

Source: Pakistan Today July 03, 2019 15:54 UTC