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| Nisar orders blocking of bank accounts linked to banned organisations |
| 2015-01-17 |
| [DAWN] Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan on Friday directed all relevant departments to take immediate steps to block bank accounts, financial transactions and all kinds of funding of 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, NGOs and individuals having connection with murderous Moslems. This was decided in a special meeting chaired by Nisar to review the implementation of National Action Plan (NAP) on counter-terrorism. During the meeting, it was decided that all such business activities and bank accounts which are operating without due legal requirements will be blocked as well. The participants of the meeting decided that over 100 million unverified SIMs would be verified within the next 85 days after which the possessing or sale of any unregistered and unverified SIM will be made a cognisable offence. It will help not only in tracking down the unverified SIMs connected with terrorism but also to curb massive grey trafficking which is taking place in the communication sector, the minister said. Nisar also asked officials of the Ministry of Information Technology to work in close collaboration with PTA, intelligence agencies and international monitors to close down all terrorism related websites; web based messaging services and other terrorism related material on the internet and social media. The participants of the meeting decided that bank accounts of Afghan nationals will be filtered by the financial monitoring unit of the Ministry of Finance in coordination with the FIA and intelligence agencies. All information would be shared with the National Counter Terrorism Authority (Nacta) for scanning all such accounts involved in suspected transactions, the meeting decided. The minister directed the officials of the CDA to chalk out a detailed plan in consultation with the police and district administration within a week to identify illegal and unregistered Afghan refugees in and around Islamabad in order to facilitate their movement to their camps. |
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