ISLAMABAD – Hafiz Mohammad Saeed led Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) and Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF) are no more on the list of banned outfits as the presidential ordinance that proscribed them under a UN resolution lapsed.
The counsel of Hafiz Saeed informed the Islamabad High Court on Thursday that the presidential ordinance banning the organizations had lapsed and the incumbent government did not extend the ordinance or table it in parliament to convert it into an act.
Hafiz Saeed contended in the petition that he established JuD in 2002 and cut off all ties with the banned Lashkar-i-Taiba, but India continued to malign JuD for its past association with the banned outfit.
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The petitioner said he was kept in detention in 2009 and 2017 due to India’s pressure. He added that the UN Security Council had passed a resolution against JuD after which the government of Pakistan put it on the watch list.
The JuD chief termed it against the sovereignty of Pakistan that an ordinance was issued to ban his organisation.
The petitioner claimed that the promulgation of the ordinance and addition of Section 11-EE were not only prejudicial to the sovereignty but also contradictory to the fundamental rights enshrined in the Constitution.
According to a list updated on Sept 5 on the National Counter Terrorism Authority’s website, 66 organisations have been banned in the country and JuD and FIF are not among them. However, the two Hafiz Saeed-linked organisations are “under watch by the ministry of interior” under Section 11-D-(1), read with Schedule-II of the ATA.
