Pakistan on Monday took into preventive detention the 44 members of proscribed organisations in a move to implement the National Action Plan in its true spirit
LAHORE (Pakistan Point News - 05th March, 2019) Pakistan on Monday took into preventive detention the 44 members of proscribed organisations in a move to implement the National Action Plan in its true spirit. The detained members include brothers of Masood Azhar, founder of the banned outfit Jaishe Muhammad. Officials of interior ministry confirmed that Masood brother Hamad Azhar and Abdul Rauf Azhar were in custody of law and order forces. They completely rebuffed the claims that members of banned outfits were taken into custody on Indian pressure.
“It is government commitment to implement NAP in its true spirit. The decision to move against the proscribed organisations was taken in meeting of National Security committee on Tuesday,” said the officials. Introduced in 2015 in aftermath of deadly Peshawar Army Public school attack, NAP is a 20-point action plan to curb terrorism in Pakistan. However, it could not be implemented despite passing of more than three years. The PTI, after coming into power, however, decided to take speedy steps to implement the NAP.
The government earlier took action against Jamaat-ud-Dawa and its sister charity Falah-e-Insanyat Foundation under the NAP. Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan’s chief Khadim Hussain Rizvi and Pir Afzal Qadri were also detained in government’s effort to discourage radicalization in the country. State Minister Shehryar Afridi said in media talk that action was across the board and not against any specific group or individual. He, however, admitted that some people who have been detained were named in the dossier handed by India to Pakistan on the Pulwama attack. "It does not mean that action is being taken against only those individuals who are mentioned in the dossier." Afridi said that "Pakistan's National Action Plan and especially Pakistan's national security in the broader perspective has zero tolerance for such outfits in new Pakistan.”
