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Banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa planning to change name?
New Delhi, Jan 1 (PTI) Is Pakistan-based Jamaat-ud-Dawa
(JuD), front organisation of Lashkar-e-Taiba, preparing to
reincarnate under a new name in the wake of a ban clamped on
it by the UN Security Council for its involvement in Mumbai
terror attacks?
According to sources here, JuD may be planning to
rename itself as 'Tehreek-e-Hurmat-e-Rasool' (Movement for
defending the honour of God) to avoid restrictions which
Pakistan could be forced to impose on it because of UNSC
sanctions.
The indication that JuD may be thinking of changing its
name came as some senior cadres of the outfit recently
organised a rally in Pakistan under the banner of
Tehreek-e-Hurmat-e-Rasool (THR), the sources said.
In fact, JuD itself is a reincarnation of
Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) after the latter was banned by the US
seven years ago.
Formed in 1990 in Kunar province of Afghanistan, LeT
does not believe in democracy and Saeed, its founder leader,
has publicly declared it several times that 'jihad' is the
"only way Pakistan can move towards dignity and prosperity".
India feels that Pakistan is using 'jihadis' as "one of
the arms of diplomacy" and due to this reason, it is not
taking any action except "tokenism" against JuD despite the
UNSC ban imposed on December 11 in the wake of November 26
Mumbai attacks.
New Delhi contends that JuD continues to engage in
various kinds of activities under the garb of education and
"so-called charities", with Islamabad turning a blind eye to
it in "flagrant violation" of international law.
In this context, the sources said the headquarters of
JuD or LeT in Muridke near Lahore continues to be functional.
JuD chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, who is supposedly under
house arrest, is said to be freely moving about though in a
restricted manner escaping the media gaze, the sources said.
India is peeved at the special treatment being meted
out to Saeed by Pakistan, contending that he should be put in
a regular prison rather than "so-called house arrest" since he
has been accused of involvement in heinous crimes.
Pakistan has also not imposed any restrictions on
publication of magazines and other literature by JuD, despite
these activities being prohibited by the UNSC resolution, the
sources said.
"There is anything but compliance with the UNSC
resolution by Pakistan," they said.
The UNSC could be approached to highlight how Pakistan
is disregarding its resolution but there is a view in Delhi
that reasonable time should be given before this option is
utilised. PTI
(JuD), front organisation of Lashkar-e-Taiba, preparing to
reincarnate under a new name in the wake of a ban clamped on
it by the UN Security Council for its involvement in Mumbai
terror attacks?
According to sources here, JuD may be planning to
rename itself as 'Tehreek-e-Hurmat-e-Rasool' (Movement for
defending the honour of God) to avoid restrictions which
Pakistan could be forced to impose on it because of UNSC
sanctions.
The indication that JuD may be thinking of changing its
name came as some senior cadres of the outfit recently
organised a rally in Pakistan under the banner of
Tehreek-e-Hurmat-e-Rasool (THR), the sources said.
In fact, JuD itself is a reincarnation of
Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) after the latter was banned by the US
seven years ago.
Formed in 1990 in Kunar province of Afghanistan, LeT
does not believe in democracy and Saeed, its founder leader,
has publicly declared it several times that 'jihad' is the
"only way Pakistan can move towards dignity and prosperity".
India feels that Pakistan is using 'jihadis' as "one of
the arms of diplomacy" and due to this reason, it is not
taking any action except "tokenism" against JuD despite the
UNSC ban imposed on December 11 in the wake of November 26
Mumbai attacks.
New Delhi contends that JuD continues to engage in
various kinds of activities under the garb of education and
"so-called charities", with Islamabad turning a blind eye to
it in "flagrant violation" of international law.
In this context, the sources said the headquarters of
JuD or LeT in Muridke near Lahore continues to be functional.
JuD chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, who is supposedly under
house arrest, is said to be freely moving about though in a
restricted manner escaping the media gaze, the sources said.
India is peeved at the special treatment being meted
out to Saeed by Pakistan, contending that he should be put in
a regular prison rather than "so-called house arrest" since he
has been accused of involvement in heinous crimes.
Pakistan has also not imposed any restrictions on
publication of magazines and other literature by JuD, despite
these activities being prohibited by the UNSC resolution, the
sources said.
"There is anything but compliance with the UNSC
resolution by Pakistan," they said.
The UNSC could be approached to highlight how Pakistan
is disregarding its resolution but there is a view in Delhi
that reasonable time should be given before this option is
utilised. PTI
