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Punjab bans Zakat, Fitrana collection by banned outfits
[DAWN] The Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard 2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers 3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... apex committee decided on Thursday to 'completely ban' collection of Zakat and Fitrana by banned outfits. It was the sixth meeting of the committee and it continued for more than three and a half hours with Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif ...Pak dynastic politician, brother of PM Nawaz Sharif, chief minister of Punjab... in the chair. Corps Commander Lahore Lt Gen Naveed Zaman, Home Minister Shuja Khanzada, Director General Punjab Rangers Maj Gen Umer Farooq Barki, General Officer Commanding 10-Div Maj Gen Sardar Tariq Aman, chief secretary, Inspector General of Punjab Police, home secretary and senior civil and military officers attended the meeting. The meeting decided to impose complete ban on the collection of Zakat and Fitrana by the banned ...the word bannedseems to have a different meaning in Pakistain than it does in most other places. Or maybe it simply lacks any meaning at all... organizations and monitor and control their other activities. Analysts say that such decisions taken in the past had remained unimplemented. The meeting decided to take more effective steps for the implementation of the National Action Plan. The committee expressed determination for elimination of terrorism, extremism and sectarianism. It was also decided that indiscriminate crackdown would be carried out against Death Eaters and controllers of Lions of Islam as well as those providing them financial assistance. The meeting was told that consignment of electronic devices had reached here from abroad. These devices would be attached to the ankles of those included in the Fourth Schedule of the anti-terrorism law. The devices are being tested and law-enforcement agencies personnel are being trained how to use it. Posted by: Fred 2015-07-18 |
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