| Oh dear. Badanov may need to take on the Pakistan beat. |
The agency that regulates Pak media issued the order late Monday, specifically mentioning Jamaat-ud-Dawa
...the front organization of Lashkar-e-Taiba...
and the Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation. Both charities are linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba
...the
Army of the Pure,an Ahl-e-Hadith terror organization founded by Hafiz Saeed. LeT masquerades behind the Jamaat-ud-Dawa facade within Pakistain and periodically blows things up and kills people in India. Despite the fact that it is
banned, always an interesting concept in Pakistain, the organization remains an blatant tool and perhaps an arm of the ISI...
, the Islamic bully boy group suspected of carrying out the Mumbai attacks, which killed more than 160 people.
The Pakistain Electronic Media Regulatory Authority said failure to abide by the order would result in the cancellation of broadcast licenses. It listed 72 local groups covered by the directive.
Lashkar-e-Taiba was set up with the aid of Pak intelligence to fight in the disputed region of Kashmire. The government has officially banned the group but has done little to crack down on it.
The charities have played a major role in the response to natural disasters, including last week's earthquake in neighboring Afghanistan, which killed nearly 400 people, including more than 270 in Pakistain.
But the charities are also seen as a bully boy front. One of the founding members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, Hafiz Muhammad Saeed
...who would be wearing a canvas jacket with very long sleeves anyplace but Pakistain...
, now heads both charities linked to the group. The U.S. has offered a $10 million reward for his capture, but he lives in the open in Pakistain and often appears in TV interviews.