ISLAMABAD: The law enforcement agencies (LEAs) have sealed 182 religious seminaries for fanning extremism and also frozen Rs 1 billion in funds of proscribed militant groups, statistics regarding implementation of national action plan (NAP) during last one year revealed on Friday As part of the strategy to choke terror financing under the NAP, 126 accounts linked to proscribed organizations have been frozen. The LEAs seized Rs 251.2 million in cash which was being traded through hawala and hundi. The government also seized Rs 19.77 million from suspects involved in `Chowk Yadgar Operation’ in Peshawar. The government put 8,195 people in Fourth Schedule in addition to including names of 188 hardcore militants on the exit control list (ECL). Movement of 2,052 hardcore militants was also restricted. Similarly, the government registered 1,026 cases while 230 terror suspects were arrested. There are 64 banned organisations under the law of the land while 74 had been declared unlawful by the United Nations. The activities of these organisations are constantly being monitored and their activists are under surveillance. The government has codified the proscribed organisations. The statistics further revealed that strict action was taken against literature, newspapers and magazines promoting hatred, decapitation, extremism, sectarianism and intolerance as over 1,500 books and other hate material was confiscated and 73 such shops sealed.
DAILY TIMES
YEMI
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