Pakistan bans Hafiz Saeed's terror group Jamaat-ud-Dawa

Pakistan has formally banned Hafiz Saeed's terror group Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and its subsidiary Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation (FiF). The notification has come from Interior Ministry of Pakistan. The organisations have been banned under Pakistan's Anti Terrorism Act of 1997.

A National Counter Terrorism Authority notification from March 5 mentions the two organisations in a list of 70 proscribed organisations. "This list is updated as of 05th March, 2019 and prepared by NACTA based on the Notifications issued by Ministry of Interior," said a note at the bottom of the list.