more-inPakistan has quietly banned Tehreek-e-Azaadi Jammu and Kashmir, a new front for Hafiz Saeed’s Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), as international pressure on the country grew, including from a global watchdog, to combat terror and its funding. JuD has called a meeting on Monday to discuss the ban on its affiliate, The Nation reported. India raised the issueIndia had raised the terror financing issue at the FATF in February this year. Pakistan government has been under mounting international pressure to crackdown on terrorist networks and their fronts. India had pushed the SCO members at the summit to curb the financing of terrorist organisations and their fronts.

Source: The Hindu July 01, 2017 08:31 UTC