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Ahead of FATF meet, Pak arrests JuD, LeT leaders

LAHORE:Pakistan’s law enforcement agencies today arrested the “top four leaders” of the banned LeT/JuD on charges of terrorism financing, a move that authorities say would put the “entire core leadership” of these outfits on trial.

Ahead of FATF meet, Pak arrests JuD, LeT leaders

The FATF confidential meetings involve delegates from 203 jurisdictions of its Global Network, as well as UN, IMF, World Bank and other partners. Photo credit: fatf.gafi.org



Lahore, October 10 

Pakistan’s law enforcement agencies today arrested the “top four leaders” of the banned LeT/JuD on charges of terrorism financing, a move that authorities say would put the “entire core leadership” of these outfits on trial. The top four leaders of Lashkar-e-Taiba /Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) arrested on Thursday have been identified as Professor Zafar Iqbal, Yahya Aziz, Muhammad Ashraf and Abdul Salam.

The development comes ahead of the Financial Action Task Force’s crucial plenary meeting scheduled to be held in Paris from October 12 to October 15.  Pakistan was placed on the grey list by the Paris-based watchdog in June last year and was given a plan of action to complete it by October 2019, or face the risk of being placed on the black list with Iran and North Korea.  — PTI

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