BAHAWALPUR, 22 Feb (TNT News): Punjab government on Friday took over a mosque and a seminary reportedly aligned with a proscribed organisation here in Bahawalpur.
According to a spokesperson of Ministry of Interior, Madressa Al-Sabir and Masjid-e-Subhan Allah allegedly served as the headquarters of banned outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM).
The spokesperson further told that more than 600 students were enrolled in the seminary whereas it had 70 teachers.
It was also told that the Government of Punjab took action following the decision of Thursday’s National Security Committee (NSC) moot, which had given the go-ahead to take strict action against all proscribed outfit without any discrimination.
According to the spokesperson, the government has tentatively appointed one of its officers as the administrator of the mosque and the seminary.
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The move is latest in the series of reinvigorated efforts by the government to tighten the noose around outlawed organisations operating under different names.
On Thursday, immediately after the NSC meeting concluded, the Ministry of Interior had announced that it was reinstating the ban on Jamat-ud-Dawah (JuD) and its charity wing Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation (FIF).
The two organisations are in the UN Security Council’s terror list and were declared proscribed through a presidential order in early 2018.
However, after the lapsing of the ordinance, the organisations continued their operations until yesterday when they were banned again.
