In a regarding improvement, the United Nations-designated terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) has been seen overtly accumulating funds in Peshawar, Pakistan. This has raised alarm bells concerning the resurgence of extremist teams in the nation, notably after its elimination from the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) gray checklist.
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Asif Afridi, a Twitter person, recounted his expertise through the Eid prayer, the place he witnessed members of the banned outfit accumulating funds overtly in Peshawar, in the presence of safety personnel. ” Members of a banned outflit were collecting money openly in Peshawar in the presence of security personnel. My father, my brothers and I (six members in total) were there to pray Eid prayer,” he stated. The fundraising came about in Hayatabad (Bagh-e-Naran) by JeM, which is accountable for a number of terrorist assaults, together with the 2001 Indian Parliament assault and the 2019 Pulwama assault.
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Another Twitter person, Ehsanullah Khan Jadoon, expressed his disappointment and shared that such fundraising is a standard sight in Pakistan. “It is very normal for someone to stand up after prayers and openly ask for funds to fight Jihad in Palestine and Kashmir,” he stated. “Was a frequent sight at our mosque in Karachi”.
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This will not be an remoted incident as a number of customers identified that fundraising for extremist teams is occurring in different areas as nicely.
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The ease with which these teams can overtly gather funds raises issues concerning the authorities’s skill to crack down on extremist actions. The FATF is an intergovernmental group that works to fight cash laundering and terrorist financing had positioned the nation on its gray checklist in 2018 as a result of its failure to curb terror financing however eliminated final 12 months. However, current developments such because the open fundraising by JeM recommend that the nation nonetheless has an extended technique to go in curbing extremist actions.
Earlier this 12 months, In a stern message to Islamabad, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has stated Pakistan’s progress on taking motion on terror financing continues to be monitored. The feedback are important in the backdrop of Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin being seen publicly in Pakistan. In response to a WION query, FATF President T. Raja Kumar stated, “I will not speculate on specific media reports. But I think what is important is to emphasize that there continues to be, you know, monitoring of Pakistan’s progress by the Asia Pacific group.”
Hizbul Mujahideen Chief Syed Salahuddin, protected by safety personnel, was seen main funeral prayers for Bashir Ahmad Peer in a viral video, the place he additionally issued a menace towards India.
