| Thus the universe proves it exists independent of my imaginings. Unless this is just posturing for the outside world... |
...founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba and its false-mustache offshoot Jamaat-ud-Dawa. The United Nations declared the JuD a terrorist organization in 2008 and Hafiz Saeed a terrorist as its leader. Hafiz, JuD and LeT are wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Pak intel apparatus, so that amounted to squat...
, leader of the group blamed for deadly attacks on Mumbai in 2008, amid growing international pressure to act against hard boy groups.
Pakistain’s counter-terrorism department said it had launched 23 cases against Saeed and 12 aides for using five trusts to collect funds and donations for 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...
(LeT), blamed by India and the United States for the attacks in Mumbai that killed 166 people.
Two banned LeT-linked charities, Jamaat-ud-Dawa
...the front organization of Lashkar-e-Taiba...
(JuD) and Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation (FIF), were also targeted, the department said in a statement.
"All the assets of these organizations and individuals will be frozen and taken over by the state," said a counter-terrorism bigwig, speaking on condition of anonymity
... for fear of being murdered...
because he was not authorized to speak publicly.
The counter-terrorism department said the action was in accordance with UN sanctions against the individuals and entities.
The move follows pressure from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), which last year placed Pakistain on its "grey list" of countries with inadequate controls over money laundering and terrorism financing.
The international watchdog gave Pakistain an October deadline last month to improve its efforts against terrorism financing. The FATF has said Pakistain could end up on the black list when it reviews progress in a meeting later this year.
Hafiz Saeed, designated a global terrorist by both the United Nations
...aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society...
and the United States, is one of the founders of LeT, or the Army of the Pure. The United States, which has pressured Pakistain to crack down on hard boy groups, has offered a $10 million reward for evidence leading to his conviction.
The LeT has been banned in Pakistain since 2002 and the charities since last year. Saeed, who denies involvement in violence or funding hard boys, has been sprung by Pak courts after being detained at his home several times in the past.