<p>The Interior Ministry released the list of banned organisations yesterday as part of efforts to bar such groups from collecting the hides of animals sacrificed during the Eid-ul-Azha festival.<br /><br />Hundreds of hides collected every year by members of the groups are sold to raise funds.<br />Though the Lashkar-e-Taiba was included in the new list, the JuD was not on it.<br /><br />In the wake of the Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people, the UN Security Council had declared the JuD a front for the LeT.<br /><br />After the Mumbai attacks, Pakistani leaders like Interior Minister Rehman Malik insisted that the JuD had been banned.<br /><br />However, during a hearing in the Lahore High Court in 2009, a senior law officer admitted that no notification had been issued to ban the JuD.<br /><br />The new list of banned groups includes Jaish-e-Mohammed and its front organisation Khuddam-ul-Islam, Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan and its front organisation Millat-e-Islamia Pakistan, al-Qaeda, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan, Tehreek-e-Jaafria Pakistan, Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Shariah Muhammadi and Hizb-ut-Tahrir. <br /><br />Other groups on the list are Tehrik-e-Islami, Jamiat-ul-Ansar, Jamiat-ul-Furqan, Khair-un-Naas International Trust, Islamic Students Movement of Pakistan, Islami Tehreek Pakistan, Lashkar-e-Islam, Ansar-ul-Islam, Haji Namdar Group, Balochistan Liberation Army, Balochistan Republican Army, Balochistan Liberation Front, Lashkar-e-Balochistan, Balochistan Liberation United Front and Balochistan Musallah Difa Tanzeem.<br /><br />New additions to the list included People's Aman Committee of Karachi, Shia Tulaba Action Committee of Gilgit, Markaz Sabeel Organisation of Gilgit and Tanzeem-e-Naujawanan-e-Sunnat of Gilgit-Baltistan.<br /><br />The Interior Ministry warned that any members of the banned groups found collecting animal hides during Eid-ul-Azha would be booked under the Anti-Terrorism Act.<br />Members of the banned groups cannot assemble, maintain offices, continue their activities and operate bank accounts, an official statement said.<br /><br />The Interior Ministry said all persons who want to collect hides will have to obtain permission from the district administration chiefs or district magistrates.<br /><br />Traders involved in purchasing hides were directed to deal only with sellers who had permission from authorities to collect hides.</p>
<p>The Interior Ministry released the list of banned organisations yesterday as part of efforts to bar such groups from collecting the hides of animals sacrificed during the Eid-ul-Azha festival.<br /><br />Hundreds of hides collected every year by members of the groups are sold to raise funds.<br />Though the Lashkar-e-Taiba was included in the new list, the JuD was not on it.<br /><br />In the wake of the Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people, the UN Security Council had declared the JuD a front for the LeT.<br /><br />After the Mumbai attacks, Pakistani leaders like Interior Minister Rehman Malik insisted that the JuD had been banned.<br /><br />However, during a hearing in the Lahore High Court in 2009, a senior law officer admitted that no notification had been issued to ban the JuD.<br /><br />The new list of banned groups includes Jaish-e-Mohammed and its front organisation Khuddam-ul-Islam, Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan and its front organisation Millat-e-Islamia Pakistan, al-Qaeda, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan, Tehreek-e-Jaafria Pakistan, Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Shariah Muhammadi and Hizb-ut-Tahrir. <br /><br />Other groups on the list are Tehrik-e-Islami, Jamiat-ul-Ansar, Jamiat-ul-Furqan, Khair-un-Naas International Trust, Islamic Students Movement of Pakistan, Islami Tehreek Pakistan, Lashkar-e-Islam, Ansar-ul-Islam, Haji Namdar Group, Balochistan Liberation Army, Balochistan Republican Army, Balochistan Liberation Front, Lashkar-e-Balochistan, Balochistan Liberation United Front and Balochistan Musallah Difa Tanzeem.<br /><br />New additions to the list included People's Aman Committee of Karachi, Shia Tulaba Action Committee of Gilgit, Markaz Sabeel Organisation of Gilgit and Tanzeem-e-Naujawanan-e-Sunnat of Gilgit-Baltistan.<br /><br />The Interior Ministry warned that any members of the banned groups found collecting animal hides during Eid-ul-Azha would be booked under the Anti-Terrorism Act.<br />Members of the banned groups cannot assemble, maintain offices, continue their activities and operate bank accounts, an official statement said.<br /><br />The Interior Ministry said all persons who want to collect hides will have to obtain permission from the district administration chiefs or district magistrates.<br /><br />Traders involved in purchasing hides were directed to deal only with sellers who had permission from authorities to collect hides.</p>